BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei Province, where the epicenter city of Wuhan is located, has been dropping for five consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission (NHC).
A total of 509 new confirmed cases were reported on Saturday outside Hubei, NHC data showed.
The numbers of new confirmed cases in these provinces during the past days were 890 (Monday), 731 (Tuesday), 707 (Wednesday), 696 (Thursday) and 558 (Friday).
The commission received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. ■