Three more coronavirus patients in South Korea were expected to be released on Wednesday after making a full recovery.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC) said the third, eighth and 17th confirmed patients twice tested negative for the virus after their symptoms improved.

The third patient, a 54-year-old South Korean man, who had been in quarantine since January 26, was the first to be discharged at 1:30 p.m.

The latest release of patients raises the number of recovered cases in the country to seven.

There have been 28 confirmed cases of the virus.