Other projects

While Wuhan is scrambling to build new hospitals, authorities in three other cities－in the provinces of Hubei and Henan, and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region－have also begun constructing similar facilities to relieve pressure on the overwhelmed healthcare system.

A makeshift hospital in Hubei's Huanggang, the city with the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the province, received its first patient on Tuesday night.

The medical center was originally planned as a new site for Huanggang Central Hospital, with the relocation process scheduled to be completed by May. Equipped with more than 1,000 beds, the center has been transformed into a temporary treatment facility for patients displaying symptoms of fever, according to Hubei Daily.

On Monday, construction of a quarantine facility began in Zhengzhou in Henan, a province that neighbors Hubei, and 28 prefabricated wards were in place by the next day.