HEFEI — Three people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been cured and discharged from hospitals in East China's Anhui province, bringing the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in hospitals to zero, provincial authorities said on March 9.

As of March 8, the province reported 990 confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which six died, according to the provincial health commission.

The other 984 had all been cured and discharged from hospitals, with the recovery rate reaching 99.4 percent.

A total of 432 people are still under medical observation in the province, according to the commission.

The province has reported no new confirmed COVID-19 cases for 10 consecutive days.