On the mainland China 15,688 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, 5,659 with symptoms and 10,029 asymptomatic, the National Health Committee announced.
Alongside, deaths of 52 more patients due to COVID-19 complications, all in the country’s financial capital, Shanghai (25 million inhabitants), most of which remain in lockdown from the beginning of the month.
Officially, the number of victims of the pandemic in the Asian country where it was identified two years ago and now the new coronavirus reached 4,975 deaths out of a total of 214,243 infections. It is characterized by generally underestimated by experts.
China now has introduced lockdown measures in 27 cities to reduce coronavirus outbreaks, limiting nearly 165 million peopleaccording to CNN calculations.
In the meantime, Beijing officials have launched massive drills, closed schools and imposed targeted lockdowns on some residential buildings.
In the Beijing, supermarkets have sufficient stocks of food and other supplies following orders from the authorities. Local officials as well hope mass testing will prevent Shanghai dramawhere the authorities waited for a month while the cases were increasing before ordering mass tests.
Source: News Beast
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