A patient tested positive for coronavirus in Lu'an, East China's Anhui province, according to the local health authorities.

Early in the morning of Thursday, Shili Hospital of the city's Yu'an district noted the positive result among samples collected from patients as routine practice, said the district's health commission in a statement released in the afternoon.

Authorities were double checking the result and had organized consultation of doctors for the patient at the time of statement.

Details of the patient's information remains unknown, while the authorities said they will publish the details in time as the epidemiological survey had started.