China reports a record high, five-digit numbers of COVID-19 daily infections, from which Shanghai suffered most of all, the new coronavirus version was found in Suzhou (located to the west of Shanghai), writes “Moscow Komsomolets”.
Mainland China reported on 13,146 local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including 1 455 confirmed and 11,691 asymptomatic cases, which is recognized as the highest daily increase since the last flash, which has already infected more than 100 thousand people.
Global Times reports that, while one of the most affected regions in Jilin Province in the north-east of China successfully triggered the epidemic, the contamination curve does not have signs of decline, and the new version of the “Oomikron” mutation was discovered in the province Jiangsu in the east of China, next to Shanghai, where in recent days the vast majority of COVID-19 cases are found.
In particular, 438 local confirmed and 7,788 asymptomatic cases were registered in Shanghai on Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister of China Sun Chunlan on Saturday visited the city with an official visit to help in the fight against the virus. Due to the fact that the Shanghai hospital system is on the verge of overload, medical brigades and supplies from all over the country flocking here to help in the fight against the flash.
In addition to medicines, food is sent to Shanghai and other essential items to ensure the normal life of local residents. As of Sunday, 10 regions from all over China came to the help of Shanghai.
In Suzhou, a patient was discovered with a confirmed coronavirus disease infected with VOC / OMICRON BA.1.1 mutation, not identified among previously detected strains all over the world, which creates new threats to the already dangerous situation in the region. In another highly affected by the Epidemic, the Chinese region, Jilin Province, there are no special signs of improvement: 4,455 cases were registered on Sunday.