Her health principles Shanghai announced today that in the previous 24 hours another 48 patients succumbed to complications of COVID-19, while 13,562 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, 1,661 with symptoms of infection and 11,956 asymptomatic.
Officially, the account of the victims of the coronavirus pandemic in China reached 4,876 dead.
The Chinese financial capital, in a lockdown since the beginning of April, is the focus of the most serious outbreak of the epidemic to date in China.
In Beijing, a total of 34 cases were identified, 31 with symptoms and 3 asymptomatic.
26,774 patients with SARS-CoV-2 are being treated in Chinese hospitals, according to the National Health Commission.
Beijing, meanwhile, is expanding its coronavirus mass testing campaign, which affects virtually all of its 22 million people, many of whom fear a severe lockdown will be imposed, such as in Shanghaiagainst the background of increasing cases.
China has been facing its worst since March outbreak of the epidemic to date, varying degrees of severity per province. The authorities react by implementing the established strategy of zero cases, imposing restrictive measures and quarantines.
In the financial capital, Shanghai, where a lockdown has been in place since early April, residents have complained that they do not have enough food supplies and that infected people are being sent to isolation centers, where conditions are sometimes dire.
Fearing a repeat of the Shanghai scenario, several residents of the Chinese capital ran to supermarkets to buy basic necessities, especially food, or to place orders online. So far, however, there has been no shortage of fresh produce or basic necessities in Beijing.
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