Beijing. Cases of COVID-19 (COVID-19) are increasing in Shanghai, the largest city of China. At the same time, lakhs of people are not coming out of their homes due to the lockdown. Health officials said on Sunday that 438 new cases of infection have been confirmed in the last 24 hours. Along with this, 7,788 such cases have also been reported in which there are no symptoms of infection. Both cases are slightly higher than yesterday.
At the same time, a total of 4,455 new cases of corona virus were reported in the north eastern province of Jilin on Sunday, which is more than the cases reported on Saturday. Although this number is lower than in many countries, the daily cases are the highest in China after the cases found in Wuhan in late 2019.
A population of 26 million in Shanghai is facing a two-phase lockdown. Residents of the eastern Pudong region were to be allowed to leave their homes on Friday, while those in the western Pudong region were under a four-day lockdown from Friday. Despite assurances, millions of people in Pudong continue to be imprisoned.
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Residents have been asked to get tested for COVID-19 daily, take precautionary measures including wearing masks at home and avoid close proximity to family members. A 76-day lockdown was imposed in Wuhan, but people there did not have much complaints about it, but in Shanghai, many people are complaining about it. They are sharing their problems on social media.
State news agency Xinhua reported that Sun Chunlan, a member of the ruling Communist Party’s politburo, has urged that Shanghai take swift steps to control COVID cases as soon as possible. Despite the increase in the number of cases of COVID in China, no patient has died due to infection after March 20. So far 4,638 people have died of COVID in the country. (agency)