China COVID-19 death toll now 2,345

BEIJING - The death toll from the outbreak of COVID-19 in mainland China had reached 2,345 as of the end of Feb. 21, the country's National Health Commission said on Saturday.

Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections on Feb. 21, down from 889 cases a day earlier.

That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 76,288.

The central province of Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, reported 106 new deaths, of which 90 were in the provincial capital of Wuhan. —Reuters