SHANGHAI: China on Friday reported another record Covid-19 cases on Thursday as authorities in various cities struggled to control outbreaks by imposing stringent curbs aimed at confining residents at their home.
China reported 32,695 new Covid cases on Thursday, of which 3,041 were symptomatic and 29,654 were asymptomatic, up from 31,444 a day earlier.
Big outbreaks of cases have been reported in Guangzhou and Chongqing. Hundreds of new infections were also reported in Chengdu, Jinan, Lanzhou, Xian and Wuhan.
Similarly, Covid cases quadrupled in Shijiazhuang to 3,197 on Thursday.
Chines capital Beijing reported 424 symptomatic and 1,436 asymptomatic cases on Thursday.
China’s financial hub Shanghai reported nine symptomatic cases and 77 asymptomatic cases on Thursday compared to nine symptomatic cases and 58 asymptomatic cases the previous day, the local health authority said.
Guangzhou, a city in the south with nearly 19 million residents, reported 257 new transmitted symptomatic and 7,267 asymptomatic cases on Thursday as compared with 428 symptomatic and 7,192 asymptomatic cases a day before, local authorities said.
Similarly, Chongqing reported 258 new symptomatic locally transmitted COVID-19 infections and 6,242 asymptomatic cases on Thursday as compared with 409 symptomatic and 7,437 asymptomatic cases the previous day, local government authorities said.
