A total of 29 patients with the novel coronavirus pneumonia were pronounced cured and then discharged from the Wuhan Sports Center cabin hospitals on Feb 28, taking the progressive number of patients discharged to date to 300, according to the official WeChat account of the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WHDZ).
WHDZ officials said the discharged patients were tested in strict accordance with the standards of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Plan (Trial Version 6), issued by the National Health Commission. They will stay at home for 14 days for further medical observation.
The Wuhan Sports Center in the WHDZ -- located in Wuhan city in Central China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak in China -- has converted its main gymnasium and badminton training hall into two cabin hospitals, to treat infected patients suffering from mild symptoms of the virus.
If a patient's condition worsens, he or she is then transferred to the Wuhan Union Hospital (West Campus).
The cabin hospitals have 1,100 beds, with 600 beds placed in the main gymnasium and 500 in the badminton training hall.
The cabin hospitals received their first patients on Feb 12. The 700 medical workers from hospitals in the WHDZ -- and from Anhui, Guizhou and Jiangsu provinces -- provided diagnosis and treatment for the patients, strictly following the diagnosis and treatment plan for the coronavirus.
Officials said the management and operations team of the hospitals provided logistics and security support.
The first cured patients were discharged on Feb 18.
