Shanghai’s Covid cases hit a record amid stricter lockdown


People line up for Covid-19 testing following an outbreak in Shanghai on March 24, 2022. - Reuters

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg): Shanghai’s Covid cases jumped more than 60% in a single day, topping 1,600 on Friday (March 25), even as authorities escalated restrictions that many feared would plunge the Chinese financial hub into city-wide lockdown.

There were 1,609 new infections, a record in the city of about 25 million people, including 1,580 without any symptoms, the Shanghai Health Commission said.

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