WUHAN -- No new confirmed, asymptomatic or suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported in central China's Hubei Province Thursday, the provincial health commission said on Sept 4.

By Thursday, Hubei still had three close contacts under medical observation. The province cleared its confirmed cases on Aug. 31 when its last confirmed case, a patient who brought the virus from overseas, was released from hospital.

Hubei has reported a total of 68,139 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 63,627 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals. The disease claimed 4,512 lives in the province.