Coronavirus: Shanghai’s symptomatic cases jump to a record 2,573, showing why Xi is doubling down on his zero-tolerance battle with Covid-19
- Shanghai’s total cases soared to 27,719, rewriting the daily record for the 12th time in 13 days, according to data released on Thursday
- The latest tally raised the total infections in the city of 25 million residents to 280,000, with 12,000 of them displaying symptoms of the Covid-19 disease
Shanghai’s total cases soared to 27,719, rewriting the daily record for the 12th time in 13 days, according to data released on Thursday by the local health commission. The latest tally raised the total infections in the city of 25 million residents to 280,000, with 12,000 of them displaying symptoms of the Covid-19 disease.
Nine cases were classified as “severe,” an unprecedented level since the highly transmissible Omicron variant broke out in the city on March 1. No one has died yet from the disease in the current outbreak.
The health condition of the nine severe cases “will be closely monitored,” the Shanghai health commission’s official Wu Qianyu said during an online briefing, adding that the medical staff “will make all-out efforts to treat every patient.”
All nine of the most severe cases, comprising elderly residents aged from 70 to 93 years, suffer from underlying health ailments such as cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, Wu said.