China reports 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 89 new deaths

A nurse reads medical records at Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

China reported 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 new deaths on Saturday.

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health authorities Sunday said it received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

Among the deaths, 81 were in Hubei Province, two in Henan as well as one in Hebei, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shandong, Hunan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region respectively, according to China's National Health Commission.