China continues to battle Omicron; new infections go down
China has announced the death by COVID of 5 people in Shanghai in the last 24 hoursbringing the total death toll since the epidemic began in China to 5,203.
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 565 deceased since the end of February.
As for confirmed cases, the Asian country has reported 237 new positive cases for coronavirus on the last day, 222 of them by local contagion and the rest, imported. In recent days, China has managed to stabilize the number of daily infections, which skyrocketed due to the appearance of the Omicron variant.
The health authorities also reported today the detection of 1,680 asymptomatic cases, 1,630 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 220,958 people have been infected in the country and 5,203 have died.
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