A worker, right, disinfects his hands at a construction site in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu province, March 3, 2020. (CHEN BIN / XINHUA)

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities said Wednesday it received reports of 119 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 38 deaths on Tuesday on the Chinese mainland.

Four of the 119 new infections were reported outside Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, down from 890 on Feb 3, according to the National Health Commission. 

There were 115 new confirmed cases and 37 deaths in Hubei province on Tuesday

Among the deaths, 37 were in Hubei province and one in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, according to the commission.

Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, reported 114 confirmed cases and 31 deaths on Tuesday. 

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Meanwhile, 143 new suspected cases were reported, said the commission.

Also on Tuesday, 2,652 people were discharged from hospital after recovery, while the number of severe cases decreased by 390 to 6,416.

The overall confirmed cases on the mainland had reached 80,270 by the end of Tuesday, including 27,433 patients who were still being treated, 49,856 patients who had been discharged after recovery, and 2,981 people who had died of the disease.

The commission said that 520 people were still suspected of being infected with the virus.

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The commission added 36,432 close contacts were still under medical observation. On Tuesday, 6,250 people were discharged from medical observation.

In Hubei, the overall confirmed had reached 67,332 and 2,871 deaths had been reported. Wuhan has so far registered 49,540 confirmed cases and 2,282 deaths.

Hubei also saw 2,389 patients discharged from hospital after recovery on Tuesday, bringing the total number of discharged patients in the province to 38,556.

Among the 23,039 hospitalized patients, 5,095 were still in severe condition and another 1,137 in critical condition.

Hubei had 340 suspected cases, after 145 suspected cases were ruled out while 52 new suspected cases were reported on Tuesday, the provincial health commission said.

By the end of Tuesday, 100 confirmed cases including two deaths had been reported in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), 10 confirmed cases in the Macao SAR, and 42 in Taiwan, including one death.

Thirty-seven patients in Hong Kong, nine in Macao and 12 in Taiwan had been discharged from hospital after recovery.