China's Zhejiang has one million daily Covid-19 cases, expected to double

People wait outside a fever clinic at a hospital as coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China December 24, 2022. - Reuters

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters): China's Zhejiang, a big industrial province near Shanghai, is battling around a million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday.

Despite a record surge of cases nationwide, China reported no Covid deaths on the mainland for the five days through Saturday, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday.