Shanghai’s coronavirus cases fall to the lowest since March 20 as city keeps community infections at zero
- New coronavirus cases fell 28.3 per cent to 622 in the past 24 hours, the lowest since 758 on March 20
- Shanghai’s public transport reopens partially, but few residents were seen using buses and subways due to restrictions
Coronavirus cases in Shanghai fell to a two-month low, while no new community infections were recorded for a second day, putting China’s financial and manufacturing hub of 25 million on course for a return to normality by the end of June.
New infections, which were discovered only among people in quarantine, declined after rising for two days. They fell 28.3 per cent to 622 in the past 24 hours, the lowest since 758 on March 20, according to data released on Sunday. Symptomatic cases eased 38.1 per cent to 52, while three new deaths were recorded, all among elderly patients with existing medical conditions, compared with one fatality a day earlier.
The cumulative death toll since April 18 stood at 584, or 0.09 per cent of the 624,500 people who have been infected since March 1 in one of China’s largest population centres.
“As the number of daily new cases continues to decrease throughout May, high-risk “lockdown zones” will also be reduced,” Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai health commission, said at a press briefing on Sunday.
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As of Friday, some 560,000 residents, about 2.2 per cent of the city’s 25 million residents, were still living in high-risk “lockdown zones” – areas which have reported new cases over the past two weeks.