Seven COVID-19 patients were discharged from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital at 7 p.m. on Aug. 15, thus becoming the first recovered group of locally transmitted COVID-19 patients.

8月15日晚7时左右，7名新冠肺炎患者从武汉市金银潭医院出院，成为武汉此次本土疫情的首批出院患者。

▲ Patients discharged from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital   Photo by Hu Dongdong
The seven patients underwent a 15-day treatment protocol. Their medical conditions were evaluated as being in line with criteria for hospital discharge as required by the Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (trial version Ⅷ). They were allowed to leave hospital to undergo a 14-day medical observation period at designated quarantine sites.

这7名患者从确诊到出院的实际病程在15天左右，经专家会诊，符合《新型冠状病毒肺炎诊疗方案（试行第八版）》规定的出院标准，准予出院。7人将在相应隔离点接受14天医学隔离观察。

▲ Patients discharged from the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital   Photo by Hu Dongdong

By midnight Aug. 16, there had been five consecutive days of no confirmed COVID-19 cases found in Wuhan. 

截止到8月16日24时，武汉已连续5日新冠肺炎确诊病例0新增。

                (Edited by Pan Qian)