The first person, the student from Thrissur in Kerala, who had tested positive for coronavirus has now reportedly recovered. The fresh samples taken from the patient have tested negative for the novel-coronavirus.

The test of the repeated samples was conducted at National Institute of Virology (NIV) unit in Kerala. However, health officials are waiting for the results from NIV, Pune before making a final confirmation.

He was tested positive for the virus on January, 30, this year.

India has so far confirmed three cases of the virus. Thousands with a travel history from China and other affected countries continue to remain under observation.

Meanwhile, the death toll in China due to novel coronavirus epidemic has gone up to 908 and the number of confirmed cases rose over 40,000, Chinese health officials said on Monday.

There were 97 deaths and 3,062 new confirmed cases of the lethal infection on Sunday, China's National Health Commission said.

Ninety-one deaths were in Hubei province, the epicentre of the epidemic, two in Anhui, and one each in Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Hainan and Gansu, according to the commission.

A total of 908 people have died of the disease and 40,171 confirmed cases of the outbreak were reported in 31 provincial-level regions so far, it said.