China reports first Covid-19 death since May as outbreak continues

A woman gets tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a nucleic acid testing site, following the Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China, on November 11, 2022. - Reuters

SHANGHAI, Nov 20 (Bloomberg): China reported its first Covid death in almost six months on Sunday as the virus outbreak in the country continues unabated.

A 87-year-old man in Beijing died on Saturday after his condition worsened, the official Beijing Daily reported. He first displayed Covid symptoms on Nov. 11 and was confirmed infected two days later, according to the report. It was the first documented death from Covid since May 26, when officials in Shanghai reported one fatality.