Fresh from Beijing:
At 04:00 on February 24, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 508 new confirmed cases and 71 new deaths (68 in Hubei, 2 in Shandong, and 1 in Guangdong). There were 530 new suspected cases.
On the same day, 2589 new cases were cured and discharged, and 15758 people who were close contacts of medical observation were released, and 789 severe cases were reduced.