Shanghai has an official COVID death toll of seven, the last of which was recorded more than two years ago.
's localized pandemic control measures were elevated to a citywide lockdown on March 27, but its infection figures have yet to peak in the latest wave caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Despite recording nearly 300,000 positive cases over the past month, fewer than 20 patients experienced serious symptoms, officials said.
The BBC said there was"evidence of widespread infections among hundreds of patients in 12 other facilities" in Shanghai. The British broadcaster suggested the underreporting could be related to China's strict criteria for confirming COVID deaths, which require evidence of lung damage from pneumonia—confirmed by a scan—and possibly the absence of other underlying health conditions as well.
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