Feb 20

- Hubei province reported 349 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 108 new fatalities. 1,209 were released from hospitals, bringing the total to 10,337.

- Chinese mainland reports biggest drop in new novel coronavirus infections in almost a month, with 394 new confirmed cases

Feb 19

- Chinese mainland reported 1,749 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total to 74,185.

- Chinese mainland reported 136 new deaths, bringing the total to 2,004.

- Hubei province reported 1,693 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 132 new fatalities. 

- Eight province-level regions, including Shanghai, in Chinese mainland reported zero new infections on Tuesday, Feb 18. The other regions are Hainan, Qinghai, Guizhou, Tibet, Xinjiang, Liaoning and Gansu.

- Shanghai reported no new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infections for the 24 hours ending Tuesday midnight.

Feb 18

- Chinese mainland reported 1,886 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total to 72,436.

- Hubei province reported 1,807 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 93 new fatalities. 1,223 were released from hospitals.

Feb 17

- Chinese mainland reported 2,048 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, bringing the total to 70,548.

- Hubei province reported 1,933 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 100 new fatalities.

- The number of new confirmed cases outside Hubei province has been dropping for 13 consecutive days. 

Feb 16

- Chinese mainland reported 2,009 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 142 new deaths.

- Hubei province reported 1,843 new coronavirus infections in one day on Feb 15, including 888 clinical cases.

- New cases outside Hubei decline for 12 straight days.

Feb 15

- Chinese mainland reported 2,641 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 143 new deaths. More

- A total of 217 medical teams with 25,633 medics have arrived in Hubei to help.

- The use of cabin hospitals won't result in cross infection while it has achieved good performance, said a senior health official.

- Daily new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease outside Hubei, the epicenter province in the outbreak, have been dropping for 11 consecutive days.

- France confirms first novel coronavirus death in Europe.

Feb 14

- Chinese mainland reported 5,090 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 121 new deaths on Feb 13.

- Hubei province reported 4,823 new coronavirus infections in one day on Feb 13, including 3,095 clinical cases.

- A total of 1,716 medical staff contracted novel coronavirus as of 24:00 Feb 11, and six died: National Health Commission.

- The central government has required for better working and living environment for medical staff working at the frontline to combat the novel coronavirus. 

Feb 13

- Chinese mainland reported 15,152 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 254 new deaths on Feb 12.

- Hubei province reported 14,840 new coronavirus cases, including 13,332 clinically diagnosed cases, on Feb 12. The hard-hit province also reported 242 new deaths from the infection on the same day. 

- A revision in the diagnosis criteria for the novel coronavirus pneumonia in Hubei province has resulted in a sudden surge in the number of confirmed patients in the province on Wednesday.

- Ying Yong appointed new Party chief of Hubei province, replacing Jiang Chaoliang. 

- Wang Zhonglin appointed as Party chief of Wuhan, Hubei province.

Feb 12

- New infections decline to 2,015 with 97 new fatalities reported on Chinese mainland on Feb 11; Cumulative infections stand at 44,653

- A total of 1,638 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Hubei on Tuesday, the first day with fewer than 2,000 cases reported since Feb 2

- The World Health Organization (WHO) has named the virus COVID-19

- No confirmed or suspected novel coronavirus patients remain in Tibet as single patient is discharged

- The cure rate for novel coronavirus pneumonia patients on the Chinese mainland jumped to 10.6 percent on Feb 11 from a low of 1.3 percent on Jan 27

- A three-month-old baby girl in Haikou, the youngest novel coronavirus patient, has recovered and been discharged from hospital

- China to promote online employment services, suspend campus job fairs for college graduates, aiming to avoid outbreak.