Patients head out briskly after being discharged from the pop-up hospital. [Photo/Changchun Daily]

Some 251 patients cured from COVID-19 were discharged on March 31 from the Changchun Tongyuan pop-up hospital in Changchun – capital city of Northeast China's Jilin province – according to local media reports.

Among them was an elderly person aged 76, the oldest patient, while the youngest was just 14 months old.

The patients received treatment from the medical team of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine.

As of March 31, the Changchun Tongyuan pop-up hospital had received a total of 1,738 patients to date.