New infections of novel coronavirus drop for 12th consecutive day outside Hubei
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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's daily new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease outside Hubei, the epicenter province in the outbreak, have been dropping for 12 consecutive days, according to the National Health Commission Sunday. 

A total of 166 new confirmed cases were reported on Saturday outside Hubei, the commission said.   The commission received reports of 2,009 new confirmed cases on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, including 1,843 in Hubei.