China reports over 20,400 new COVID-19 cases/day, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic

Among them, the city Shanghai is a local epidemic hotspot in China and is currently under blockade of the whole city.

China’s “Zero COVID” strategy has encountered great stress as the number of infections COVID-19 spike.

Until March, China had kept the daily number of new COVID-19 cases low with rapid local lockdown measures, mass testing and imposing strict restrictions on travel. international.

However, the number of daily new cases in the country has risen to the level of thousands of cases per day in recent weeks. Chinese officials say they have detected a mutation of the highly infectious Omicron variant in an area near Shanghai.

Shanghai residents line up to get tested for COVID-19 on April 4, 2022. (Photo: AP)

According to China’s National Health Commission, the country recorded 20,472 infections on April 5, adding that there were “no new deaths”.

This is the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections ever in China, even during the peak of the first outbreak in the city of Wuhan. However, the majority of cases have no symptoms.

Meanwhile, in the city of Shanghai, testing facilities are overflowing with people who have tested positive. Shanghai, China’s largest city, accounts for more than 80% of all new cases nationwide.

The city of more than 25 million people rolled out a phased lockdown last week, leading to panic buying and mass testing.

A top Shanghai official admitted that the financial hub was “not fully prepared” to deal with the new outbreak.

The city of Shanghai will launch a new round of testing for all residents on April 6.

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