China's Hubei reports no new COVID-19 cases

People watch as a cyclist jumps into the East Lake with his BMX during an annual BMX water jump festival in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, August 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

WUHAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday.

By Saturday, Hubei still had one confirmed COVID-19 case and two close contacts under medical observation.

Hubei has reported a total of 68,139 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 63,626 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals. The disease has claimed 4,512 lives in the province.