BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 9 — Mainland China, outside Hubei province, reported no new locally transmitted cases for the second straight day, as a senior Communist Party official warned against reducing vigilance against the disease and of the risk of social stability.

BEIJING, Feb 19 — China's daily number of newly recovered novel coronavirus patients has surpassed that of new confirmed infections for the first time, Xinhua news agency quoted the National Health Commission.