East China's Zhejiang province reported 123 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus as of midnight on Jan 28, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 296.

Among the newly confirmed cases, 19 were in Hangzhou, 54 in Wenzhou, 18 in Taizhou and 3 in Ningbo.

In addition, a total of 5,501 people are currently under close medical observation throughout the province.

Che Jun, secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, went to Wenzhou and Taizhou on Tuesday to look into the prevention and control efforts against the disease, during which he called for better-coordinated efforts and logistical guarantees in the fight against the disease.