BEIJING — China's daily new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei, the epicenter province of the outbreak, have dropped for 14 consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission on Feb 18.

A total of 79 new confirmed cases were reported on Feb 17 outside Hubei, a 14th consecutive day drop since Feb 3, showed figures released by the commission.

A total of 890 new cases were reported outside Hubei on Feb 3.

The commission said it received reports of 1,886 new confirmed cases on Feb 17 from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 1,807 in Hubei.