Shanghai has the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day with 3,200
Key Takeaways:
- As the city tackled the outbreak, Shanghai reached a new high for symptomatic Covid-19 infections, but experienced a tiny drop in the overall number of cases.
- On Thursday, the mainland recorded 3,472 locally transmitted confirmed diseases and 20,694 asymptomatic carriers.
On Friday, Shanghai set a new high for symptomatic Covid-19 infections but saw a slight decline in the overall number of cases as the city battled the outbreak.
Although the total number of infections in Shanghai was down from more than 27,000 the day before, the count of symptomatic cases increased to 3,200 from 2,573 the day before.
On Thursday, 3,472 locally transmitted confirmed illnesses and 20,694 asymptomatic carriers were detected on the mainland.
According to a state media report, according to the city's three-tier lockdown classifications, almost 20 million of Shanghai's 25 million citizens are still confined to their homes or neighborhoods.
The categories are "locked down," "controlled," or "precautionary" and are determined by the findings of the screening, the risk situation, and the number of instances reported in the previous two weeks.
According to the state-run Global Times, Shanghai has begun citywide Covid-19 nucleic acid testing in nursing homes to reduce infection risk since seniors are a unique group that requires extra protection during the outbreak.
Because immunization rates among China's elderly are low, the problem could grow catastrophic.
On Friday, Shanghai Vice Mayor Peng Chenlei stated that the city is working to coordinate enough venues, including sites from neighboring cities, for a centralized quarantine for Covid-19 sufferers' close contacts.
"However, he (Peng) acknowledged that the authorities still have flaws to address and asked residents to provide monitoring and suggestions," according to the report.
Due to China's zero-infection policy, residents have struggled to access food and essential medical attention since the lockdown began.
Some individuals who have been incarcerated in Shanghai since last month - during the initially targeted lockdowns that have persisted after the entire city was sealed - have expressed their dissatisfaction on social media with the state of videos as well as images.
Some of the more popular themes were blocked, but not before they had gone viral or sparked debate chains.
Most of these discussions focused on supply shortages and bad conditions at central quarantine zones.
According to city sources, most of Shanghai's shops remained closed on Friday, except for a few with half-opened shutters from which goods were being delivered to waiting for delivery drivers.
"The city has converted residential buildings into quarantine centers," according to agency reports, "although this has sparked protests from outraged neighbors concerned about increased infection risks."
According to an AFP report, a woman can be heard crying and begging, "Why are they taking an old person away?" as officials appeared to put someone into a car in one live-streamed video.