BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health authority said Thursday it received reports of 139 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection (134 in Hubei) and 31 deaths on Wednesday on the Chinese mainland.

All the deaths were in Hubei Province, according to the National Health Commission. The latest report brought the total confirmed cases in the hard-hit province Hubei to 67,466.

A total of 2,189 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospital after recovery Wednesday on the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Thursday. In total, 52,045 patients had been discharged from hospital by the end of Wednesday, the commission said in its daily report.

By the end of Wednesday, a total of 80,409 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,012 people had died of the disease.