Chinese health authorities announced Monday that 2,744 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), including 461 in critical conditions, had been reported in the country by the end of Sunday.

Many residents here have reduced or avoided outdoor activities during the Spring Festival holiday in Wuhan, the hardest-hit city of the novel coronavirus outbreak in central China.

Leishenshan Hospital is the second makeshift hospital being built in Wuhan, the center of a coronavirus outbreak in central China. With a capacity of 1,300 to 1,500 beds, Leishenshan hospital will be put into use on Feb. 5.

Photo taken on Jan. 25, 2020 shows the snow scenery of Guanshan Lake Park in Guiyang City, southwest China's Guizhou Province.Aerial photo taken on Jan. 25, 2020 shows the snow scenery of Guanshan Lake Park in Guiyang City, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)

Mechanical engineers check an airplane at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2020.

Dai Chong helps his wife Yang Meng subpackage working meals at the T3A Terminal of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 22, 2020.