Eleven new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed in the last 12 hours as of noon on Thursday, bringing the total confirmed cases in Shanghai to 112, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission Wu Jinglei said at a daily press briefing.

Three of the newly confirmed patients are from Central China's Hubei province, the epicenter of the virus outbreak. The remaining eight patients are Shanghai residents.

According to the health commission, patients in Shanghai infected with the virus range from ages 7 to 88. Sixty of these patients are men, 61 are Shanghai residents and 78 had recently lived in or traveled to Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province. One patient had traveled to Guangdong province recently and consumed wild animals.

Presently, 102 patients are in stable condition, four are in critical condition and five have been cured and discharged from the hospital. There has only been one fatality in Shanghai so far.

In addition, there are currently 199 people who are under medical quarantine and observation.