WUHAN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in central China's Hubei Province Friday, the provincial health commission said Saturday.

By the end of Friday, Hubei still had six confirmed COVID-19 cases, all in the provincial capital of Wuhan, including one in severe condition and one in critical condition.

The province had 439 asymptomatic cases under medical observation, after 10 such cases were added and 63 released from quarantine on Friday.

A total of 283,405 close contacts of COVID-19 patients in the province had been tracked by Friday, 763 of whom were still under medical observation.

By Friday, death toll from the virus in the province stood at 4,512, including 3,869 in Wuhan.

Hubei had so far reported 68,134 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,339 in Wuhan.  ■