Record leap of Covid cases in China.
The country yesterday recorded another 5,280 new infections of Covid-19, more than doubling the 2,343 cases on Sunday: this was announced by the National Health Commission in its daily updates, from which it also emerges that the data updates the highs of the last two years , from the Wuhan crisis.
The surge was fueled by Omicron outbreaks nationwide, with more than 3,000 home broadcasts in Jilin province, the most critical area, officially in lockdown since yesterday. In total, the restrictions affected over 42 million people.
Other significant infections have been confirmed in Shandong (106), Shaanxi (53), Tianjin (51) and Guangdong (48), where there is a blockade in Shenzhen and its 17.5 million inhabitants. As for the asymptomatic, the total was 1,768, of which 1,647 are local, according to the National Health Commission. The number of confirmed infections of Covid-19 in China, both local and imported, has risen to 120,504, of which 11,984 related to patients still under medical treatment and 8 in serious condition.
(Unioneonline / D)