Villagers spray dustbins with disinfectant as part of the measures to prevent the novel coronavirus epidemic in Rongcheng, Shandong province, Jan 30, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] 

Four novel coronavirus patients were cured and discharged from hospitals on Feb 1 and 2 in Jining and Weihai, East China's Shandong province, bringing the total number of cured novel coronavirus patients in Shandong to six. 

The 34-year-old female patient returned to Jining on Jan 23 from Wuhan, the city hardest hit by the epidemic in China. Without going home, she went directly to a designated hospital in the city to seek medical treatment for fever and cough. Two days later, she was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, according to the provincial health commission. 

After treatment, she went through the test for the novel coronavirus on Jan 29 and 30, and both times showed negative results. Medical experts evaluated her situation and concluded she had met the recovery criteria for the infection set by the National Health Commission. 

Shandong reported a total of 206 novel coronavirus cases as of Feb 1 at noon. A total of 5,400 people remain under medical observation.