In this March 10, 2020 photo, a cured coronavirus patient salutes to medical workers as he leaves the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. (WANG YUGUO / XINHUA)

WUHAN - Hubei, the province hardest hit by the coronavirus in China, was cleared of confirmed cases on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday.

The last 12 patients in the province hardest hit by the coronavirus in China were discharged from hospitals in Wuhan on Sunday

The last 12 patients on Sunday were cured and discharged from hospitals in Wuhan, the provincial capital and former epicenter of the epidemic, bringing the existing number of COVID-19 cases in the province to zero.

Hubei on Sunday reported zero confirmed cases and deaths, the commission said.

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By the end of Sunday, the province had 582 asymptomatic cases under medical observation.

Hubei has so far reported 68,128 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,333 in Wuhan.  

By Sunday, 63,616 patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals in the province, including 46,464 in Wuhan. 

A total of 4,512 people have died in the province, of which 3,869 were reported in Wuhan.

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