BEIJING — A total of 22,888 patients infected with COVID-19 had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Feb 22, Chinese health authority said on Feb 23.

Feb 22 saw 2,230 people walk out of hospital after recovery, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.

By the end of Feb 22, a total of 2,442 people had died of the disease and 76,936 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on Chinese mainland.