Woman, 85, discharged after 52 days of treatment

"In the battle against death, we've gradually found hope and felt the joy after winning," Li wrote in his diary on that day.

With further care from the team, Yu fully recovered and tested negative for the virus. She was one of the oldest patients discharged by the medical team from Jiangsu.

By Sunday morning, the medical team sent from Jiangsu at the Jinyintan Hospital has treated 48 novel coronavirus patients in severe conditions. Of them, 11 have been discharged while the conditions of 15 others have improved. Another three patients have been successfully detached from ventilators, said the team.