Wuhan, March 27 (IANS) No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on Thursday in Wuhan, the former hardest-hit city in central China's Hubei Province, officials said on Friday.

The health commission of Hubei, of which Wuhan is the capital, said on Friday the province also registered zero increase in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, Xinhua reported.

Hubei saw five new deaths, four of which were in Wuhan.

--IANS pgh/