China says the number the of new virus cases rose by just 394 from the previous day, with a rise in the death of 114.
The new figures on Thursday followed an effort in the epicenter of the outbreak, the city of Wuhan, to go door-to-door to find every infected person. Most of the tens of thousands of cases have been in Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital.
The new daily figure is a notable drop from the 1,749 cases recorded the previous day.