BEIJING — China's new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia outside Hubei province, where the epicenter city of Wuhan is located, has been dropping for six consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission.

A total of 444 new confirmed cases were reported on Feb 9 outside Hubei, the data showed.

The numbers of new confirmed cases in these provinces during the past days were 890 on Feb 3, 731 on Feb 4, 707 on Feb 5, 696 on Feb 6, 558 on Feb 7 and 509 on Feb 8.

The commission received reports of 3,062 new confirmed cases and 97 deaths on Feb 9 from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.