A worker disinfects a taxi at a service point in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
East China's Jiangsu province reported 30 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of midnight on Jan 29, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 129.
Among the newly confirmed cases, five were in provincial capital of Nanjing, seven in Xuzhou, four in Suzhou and Huai'an, and three in Nantong and Lianyungang.
As of midnight on Jan 29, Jiangsu also traced 2,069 close contacts of the patients and put 1,952 people under medical observation.
All the 129 patients throughout the province, with one in serious condition, are receiving treatment in hospitals designated for treating pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus.
