BEIJING — The Chinese mainland's daily new confirmed cases of COVID-19 outside Hubei province, epicenter of the outbreak, dropped to 5 on Feb 25, according to the National Health Commission.

The commission said on Feb 26 it received reports of 406 new confirmed cases on Feb 25 from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 401 from Hubei.

On Feb 24, 9 new confirmed cases were reported outside Hubei. The figure on Feb 23 stood at 11.