As of midnight on Thursday, a total of 64,111 novel coronavirus patients have recovered on the Chinese mainland. Behind it are the great efforts made by medical workers. Let's have a look at heart-warming moments of them.

Remaining at the post

Sun Peng, deputy director of the hospital's emergency department, looks at a patient's CT scans. [Photo/Offical website of Wuhan cyberspace authorities]

Sun Peng, a doctor withWuhan Union Hospital West Campus, chose to remain at his post during the outbreak.

The hospital was designated as a hospital for treating COVID-19 patients on Jan 26.

Two days earlier, or on the Lunar New Year's Eve, Sun, packed some clothes to live in a rented house near the hospital temporarily.

As deputy director of the hospital's emergency department, he was preparing to eat when he learned the condition of some patients had worsened. He stopped eating and hurried to the hospital.

"This could be the most unforgettable New Year's Eve of my life," Sun said.

"We've been doing our best to fulfill our duties, even if it may cost our own lives," he said.

Leaving for the front

Gong Yuanqi's daughter gives her father a hug. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

On the evening of Feb 12, Gong Yuanqi, a doctor in East China's Jiangxi province, was told he would leave for Wuhan the next morning as a member of the national medical team.

In 2008 when an earthquake hit Wenchuan in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Gong rushed to the front line despite the fact his daughter was only a few months old.

Five days after Gong left for Wuhan, the now 12-year-old girl wrote him a letter:

"I know as a doctor, you have to be prepared to sacrifice like a soldier.You are my herowith a sense of responsibility."

A race against time

Han Yuquan,an anesthesiologist at the Third People's Hospital of Yichang,completes intubation for a patient. [Photo/Screenshot of Hubei TV]

In many hospitals in Wuhan, doctors implement tracheal intubation to severely ill patients.

During the intubation, splashed droplets from a patient's trachea pose a high risk of infection.

Han Yuquan is an anesthesiologist at the Third People's Hospital of Yichang in Hubei province.

Before the Lunar New Year, he was dispatched to work at isolation wards, and hasn't been home since.

On the morning of Feb 24, he learned about his father's death at a quarantine hotel.

A photo was taken after Han completed intubation for a patient. On his protective mask and glasses is a thick layer of vapor. It is under such conditions he has saved many lives.

Han believed his father would have understood and felt proud if he saw how many lives had been saved by his own son.

Guardian of young lives

Zeng Feifei plays withHuanhuan (alias), a one-year-and-nine-month-old novel coronavirus pneumonia patient in Wuhan, Hubei province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Wuhan Children's Hospital is a designated hospital for children with novel coronavirus.

Huanhuan (alias), a one-year-and-nine-month-old boy, was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus and was admitted to the hospital.

His father was also diagnosed with the disease, and his mother and twin sister were under quarantine at the hotel, so none of his family could take care of him.

Zeng Feifei, a medical worker at the hospital who volunteered to join the fight against the virus, took on the responsibility of taking care of Huanhuan.

Zeng was a mother herself. She sent her 3-year-old child to her hometown in Hunan province so she could stay in the hospital by herself.

Thanks to Zeng's love and care, Huanhuan gradually adapted to the environment in the hospital.

Capturing the lovable faces

Location: Wuhan No 1 Hospital

Lu Rong, a doctor who works at the intensive care unit, takes off her mask before the camera and smiles. [Photo/Screenshot of video by China Daily]

Lu Rong, a doctor who works at the intensive care unit, took off her mask before the camera and smiled.

She and her brother are both working on the front line to fight the virus. Lu's mother worries greatly for her children, and Lu calls her "the greatest mother in the world".

Location: Huoshenshan Hospital

A patient takes a photo of her doctor at Huoshenshan Hospital. [Photo/Screenshot from iqiyi.com]

Patients wanted to see the faces of the medical staff who have taken care of them day and night.

To fulfill their wish, doctors and nurses printed their photos and names and stuck the paper on their chests.

Patients used their smartphones to keep a picture of their saviors.

A special wedding

Yu Jinghai, right proposes to Zhou Lingyi, left, at the Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan on Feb 28, 2020. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]

Yu Jinghai and Zhou Lingyi－who both work as nurses at the intensive care unit in Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan - got a big surprise on Feb 28 after they finished their work at 5 pm.

Yu, the 25-year-old groom, and Zhou, the 24-year-old bride, work for the Renji Hospital in Shanghai. When medical workers from across the country pitched in to support Wuhan in the fight against the epidemic, they offered their services.

Due to the outbreak, they had to cancel the wedding ceremony they had planned at a hotel in Shanghai on Feb 28.

Yu said that the wedding ceremony was totally unexpected. "The ceremony was simple but very warm," he said. "We work hard every day in the hospital. This is something that makes us feel happy."