BEIJING — China has stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Here are the latest developments:

— China's National Health Commission on Feb 10 said it received reports of 3,062 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 97 deaths on Feb 9 from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.

— By the end of Deb 9, a total of 908 people had died of the disease and 40,171 confirmed cases had been reported on the Chinese mainland.

— A total of 3,281 infected patients had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Feb 9.

— New confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei province totaled 444 on Feb 9, dropping for six consecutive days.

— The hardest-hit Hubei province reported 2,618 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 91 new deaths on Feb 9. Its capital city of Wuhan, center of the epidemic, reported 1,921 new infections and 73 new deaths.

— A renovation project of isolation wards of Wuhan-based Tongji Hospital was completed on Feb 9, which is expected to provide 800 beds for severe cases of novel coronavirus infection.

— To protect people's health and avoid the risk of cross infection caused by gatherings, the city of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, will not hold large-scale traditional religious activities during the Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb 24 this year.