China's financial centre Shanghai reported a new record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday as the country imposed new lockdowns, underscoring its 'dynamic clearance' approach to COVID control.
Shanghai, which has been at the centre of China's latest outbreak, on Saturday reported a record 3,590 symptomatic cases and 19,923 asymptomatic cases for April 15. The asymptomatic case number was up slightly from 19,872 cases a day earlier.
The city's tally of COVID cases continue to make up the vast majority of cases nationwide even as most of the city's 25 million residents remain under lockdown. China reported 24,791 new coronavirus cases on April 15, of which 3,896 were symptomatic and 20,895 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday.
That compares with 24,268 new cases a day earlier - 3,486 symptomatic and 20,782 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. Henan province, home to the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, reported 24 new asymptomatic cases on Friday, and no symptomatic cases.Reporting by Andrew Galbraith; Additional reporting by Ben Blanchard in Taipei; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Raju GopalakrishnanSubscribe to our sustainability newsletter to make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments.
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