Chinese President Xi Jinping announced yesterday that Wuhan was able to "practically control" the emerging Corona virus, after his first visit to the city where the epidemic appeared before it spread across the world, where the deaths exceeded 4012 deaths around the world, while the number of infections rose. To more than 114,000 cases.

Xi's visit came at a time when the unprecedented quarantine measures that have isolated Wuhan and the rest of central China's Hubei Province since late January have paid off, with the number of new infections declining dramatically in the past few weeks.

During his visit, Hobby announced the easing of travel restrictions to allow healthy people in low-risk areas to move around the province.

But the measures did not appear to ease restrictions on Wuhan, nor did they indicate whether people could leave the province, with a population of 56 million.

Government media confirmed that the last 16 field hospitals, which were set up at the height of the virus outbreak in the city, were closed.

"The outbreak of the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) in Hubei Province, its capital, Wuhan, has been virtually controlled," Xinhua said.

"An initial success was achieved towards stabilizing and improving the situation in Hubei and Wuhan," he added.

The progress China has made in fighting the virus stands in contrast to the escalating global crisis, with cases increasing at a faster rate abroad and Italy imposing travel restrictions nationwide.

Scenes broadcast by state media showed pictures of President Xi, who arrived by plane in Wuhan, Hubei, with a protective mask on his face, as he spoke across the closed circuit in a conference room with front-line health workers and patients.

He then went to a residential neighborhood in Wuhan, where he spoke to quarantined people and local volunteers.

The president, who has been the most powerful leader in China since Mao Zedong, avoided appearing in the media during most of the crisis, and instructed Prime Minister Li Keqiang to supervise measures to respond to the virus.

But as the number of new cases declined in recent weeks, the media highlighted the role Shi played in fighting the virus, and broadcast a letter from last month in which he said he had been instructing since early January.

It is believed that the virus appeared in December at a market for selling wild animals in Wuhan, before it became a national and then a global crisis.

The death toll from the emerging virus reached 114,151 around the world, while the number of deaths reached 4012 in 105 countries and regions as of yesterday, according to a toll prepared by Agence France-Presse, according to official sources.

From Monday to yesterday, 898 injuries and 48 new deaths were recorded.

The total number of infections in China, with the exception of Hong Kong and Macao, is 80,754, including 3,136 deaths. It is reported that the epidemic appeared in China in December. 19 new infections and 17 deaths were reported in China.

Outside of China, 33,397 new infections have been recorded worldwide since the start of the epidemic, including 876 deaths, and the total includes 877 injuries and 31 new deaths.

The countries most affected by the virus after China were Italy (9,172 infections and 463 deaths), followed by South Korea (7,513 infections and 54 deaths), then Iran (7,161 cases and 237 deaths), and France (1412 cases and 25 deaths).

New deaths were recorded in China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, France, the United States, Spain, Britain, and Canada.

Panama, Mongolia, Burkina Faso and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus registered the first casualties on their soil.

Asia recorded 90 thousand and 117 injuries with 3,208 deaths, Europe 15424 cases and 528 deaths, the Middle East 7623 cases with 244 deaths, the United States and Canada 679 cases with 27 deaths, and Oceania 112 cases with three deaths, Africa 99 cases with one death, and Latin America and the Caribbean 93 injuries with one death.

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New infections outside China since the virus began spreading, including 876 deaths.

The countries most affected by the virus after China are Italy, followed by South Korea, Iran and France.