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

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

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