Medical staff bid farewell to a cured patient of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at the Sixth People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 11, 2020. The first batch of three patients infected with the novel coronavirus was discharged from hospital Tuesday after recovery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang first reported two cases of novel coronavirus on Jan. 23. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

The proportion of patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in China had increased to 10.6 percent on Tuesday from the lowest 1.3 percent on Jan. 27, Mi Feng, an official with the National Health Commission, said Wednesday.

The number of cured patients had seen relatively rapid growth, and the epidemic situation also had some positive changes in general due to the country's reinforced measures against the virus, Mi said at a press conference in Beijing.

As of Tuesday, a total of 4,740 people had been discharged from hospitals after recovery.