New infections of novel coronavirus drop for 11th consecutive day outside Hubei

China's daily new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease outside Hubei, the epicenter province in the outbreak, have been dropping for 11 consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission Saturday.

A total of 221 new confirmed cases were reported on Friday outside Hubei, the commission said.

The commission received reports of 2,641 new confirmed cases on Friday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 2,420 in Hubei.