China keeps Omicron at bay
China has announced the death by COVID of 13 people in Shanghai in the last 24 hoursbringing the total death toll since the epidemic began in China to 5,166.
The financial capital of the country, which has been under strict confinement for a month – in some areas, more than a month and a half – adds a total of 528 deceased since the end of February.
As for confirmed cases, the Asian country has reported 351 new positive cases for coronavirus on the last day, 345 of them by local contagion and the rest, imported. In recent days, China has managed to stabilize the number of daily infections.
The health authorities also reported today the detection of 4,324 asymptomatic cases, 4,275 of them local (mostly in Shanghai)although they are not counted as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.
Since the start of the pandemic, More than 219,296 people have been infected in the country and 5,166 have died.
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