Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province reported its first case of recovery in a novel coronavirus patient. The patient was discharged on Friday, bringing the total number of cured patients in the province to 10 so far.

Wenzhou announced on Thursday four patients infected with novel coronavirus have been cured and discharged from local hospitals.

The four patients were all back in Wenzhou from Wuhan, Hubei province — epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak — and three were hospitalized at Ruian People's Hospital, the first county-level hospital in Wenzhou to cure coronavirus patients.

Statistics show a total of 180,000 people traveled from Wenzhou do business and study in Wuhan, and the city witnessed a homecoming tide of 33,000 people from the latter city.

Zhejiang reported 109 new novel coronavirus cases as of midnight on Jan 30, bringing the total number to 537.