Update: China's Hubei reports 1,807 new coronavirus cases

Medical workers console a newly admitted patient at the Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 16, 2020. (Photo by Gao Xiang/Xinhua)

The latest report brought the total confirmed cases in the hard-hit province of Hubei to 59,989.

WUHAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hubei Province, center of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported 1,807 new confirmed cases and 93 new deaths Monday, according to the provincial health commission Tuesday.

The latest report brought the total confirmed cases in the hard-hit province to 59,989. Wuhan, the provincial capital, recorded a total of 42,752 confirmed cases.

The province also saw 1,223 patients discharged from hospital after recovery on Monday, bringing the total number of discharged patients in the province to 7,862.

Among the 41,957 hospitalized patients, 9,117 were still in severe condition and another 1,853 in critical condition.