reported weekly death loss since march 2020. but this trend while welcome don t tell the full story. driven by omicron subvariants, we re seeing an increase in reported cases in americas and africa. nearly 20 million people in beijing are going through a sixth round of covid testing today. the chinese capital is pushing ahead with the mass testing despite the high cost and relatively low case numbers, averaging around just 50 a day. beijing s largest district is now essentially shut down due to china s zero covid policy. and its 3.5 million residents being urged to work from home. anna coren is covering this for us. so much nervousness in the capital considering what has happened in shanghai. reporter: yeah, i mean shanghai, you ve got about 4600 daily cases today. i mean, that is down from the 5000s which it has been hovering