Eight cases of novel coronavirus infection were confirmed in Shanghai during the 12 hours before 12 am on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 177 as of Feb 1, the Shanghai Health Commission reported.

One of the newly confirmed patients comes from Wuhan of Hubei province, with the rest of infected people being local Shanghai residents, according to the Shanghai municipal health authority.

Between noon to midnight on Saturday, 32 suspected cases were eliminated and a total of 374 cases were eliminated as of Saturday, added the health commission.

Among the 177 confirmed cases, 89 are male and 88 female, whose ages ranged from 7 to 88.

According to the health commission, 109 out of 177 confirmed cases lived or traveled to Hubei province, while 62 had close personal contact with people confirmed with the disease.

As Sunday morning, 155 patients were in stable condition, seven are in critical condition, four in intensive condition, 10 have been cured and discharged from the hospital, and one died.

Currently, 168 people are under medical quarantine and observation.