china Chinese hospitals discharge 36,117 recovered patients of coronavirus infection BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 36,117 patients infected with the novel coronavirus had been discharged from hospital after recovery by the end of Thursday, Chinese health authority said Friday. Thursday saw 3,622 people walk out of hospital after recovery, the National Health Commission said in its daily report. By the end of Thursday, a total of 78,824 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions on Chinese mainland, and 2,788 people had died of the disease. dogs Pet Dog Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Hong Kong Oral, nasal and rectal samples were collected from the animal to be tested for the COVID-19 virus. The dog does not have any 'relevant symptoms'. The nasal oral cavity samples were tested weak positive. The news marks the first case of the virus in a pet animal.

tor-8 Ontario health officials say they have confirmed a 8th new case of COVID-19 in Toronto. Ontario health officials say they have confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Toronto. Dr. David Williams, medical officer of health, said Friday night that this is the eighth case of novel coronavirus in the province. By Saturday, the province had confirmed three more positive COVID-19 cases. Ontario confirms 3 new positive cases of coronavirus Officials said the patient is a man in his 80s with a travel history to Egypt. He arrived in Toronto on Feb. 20 and went to the Scarborough Health Network's General Hospital's emergency department on Thursday. Officials said he was isolated as he was tested for COVID-19 and discharged the same day feeling well and went home, where he remains. twice Coronavirus reappears in discharged patients, raising questions in containment fight SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) - A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital, which could make the epidemic harder to eradicate. On Wednesday, the Osaka prefectural government in Japan said a woman working as a tour-bus guide had tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time. This followed reports in China that discharged patients throughout the country were testing positive after their release from the hospital. An official at China’s National Health Commission said on Friday that such patients have not been found to be infectious. On Feb. 21, a discharged patient in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu was readmitted 10 days after being discharged when a follow-up test came back positive. Lei Xuezhong, the deputy director of the infectious diseases center at the West China Hospital, told People’s Daily that hospitals were testing nose and throat samples when deciding whether patients should be discharged, but new tests were finding the virus in the lower respiratory tract. Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia who has been closely following the outbreak, told Reuters that although the patient in Osaka could have relapsed, it is also possible that the virus was still being released into her system from the initial infection, and she wasn’t tested properly before she was discharged. The woman first tested positive in late January and was discharged from the hospital on Feb. 1, leading some experts to speculate that it was biphasic, like anthrax.