Youngest novel coronavirus pneumonia patient cured, discharged from Hainan hospital

Three-month-old Tiantian, the youngest victim of novel coronavirus pneumonia, has been cured and was discharged from Haikou People's Hospital in Haikou, capital Hainan province, on Tuesday.

The baby girl was the first discharged case among confirmed child patients and the youngest NCP patient in Hainan so far, according to Hainan health authorities.

The baby, whose real name is not Tiantian, is the seventh confirmed case in Hainan. She lives in Xiaogan, Hubei province. Tiantian came to Wuhan from Xiaogan with her family on Jan 20, and left for Hengshan, Hunan on Jan 21. The family were sent to a local medical observation center when they arrived in Haikou at 11 pm on Jan 25. The baby was sent to Haikou People's Hospital at 10 am on Jan 26, and was confirmed as a novel coronavirus pneumonia case the next day.

As of 8 am on Wednesday, Hainan had reported a total of 151 confirmed NCP cases and 20 have been cured and discharged, according to provincial health authorities.