Wuhan (Web Desk): The death toll from coronavirus raised to 2,663 in China as another 71 more cases were reported on Tuesday.
The National Health Commission also reported 508 new confirmed cases, with all but nine in hard-hit Hubei province. It is up from Monday's 409 cases nationwide.
Multiple provinces in China have reported zero new cases for several days in a row now, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) saying Monday that the coronavirus epidemic has "peaked" in China.
Despite a downward trend in new case numbers, China continues to struggle to resume normal activity after the virus brought the world's second-largest economy to a standstill.
The country also decided to postpone its annual parliament session for the first time since the Cultural Revolution.
Tens of millions of people remain under lockdown in Hubei province, where the virus is believed to have originated late last year.
A slight easing of the lockdown in Wuhan, Hubei's capital, was retracted shortly after being announced on Monday.
Outbreaks in prisons and hospitals have also raised further concerns about ineffective containment measures.
The Communist Party's political and legal affairs commission said Tuesday that 323 coronavirus cases were reported in Hubei prisons by Sunday, including 279 in the Wuhan Women's Prison.
