China: Nearly 1,770 deaths, 70,635 confirmed cases of coronavirus

BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - A total of 2,048 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Sunday and 105 new deaths were reported, according to China's National Health Commission.

The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland now stands at 70,548 and the cumulative death toll is 1,770.

On the same day, Chinese health authorities said 1,425 new patients were discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 10,844.

The numbers of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and China's Taiwan region are as follows: Hong Kong: 57 (one dead, two recovered), Macao: 10 (five recovered) and Taiwan: 20 (one dead, two recovered).