it is becoming too much. she said the small joys and her life receiving food deliveries from restaurant that it reopened in the last week in convenience stores. in beijing it is a different situation. they have obviously looked at what has happened in shanghai, thinking that we are not going to allow that to happen to the nations capital. we have seen these rounds of a massive testing and labor day holiday, which runs through wednesday they have suspended in restaurant dining. they ve also banned universal studios and thing parts all of this in an effort to ensure that covid cases do not spiral out of control. you mentioned that number 41 on sunday. we also know that as of this thursday, anyone who goes to a public venue travels on public transportation will have to produce a negative covid test. interestingly, the government
they reported 32 deaths and more than 7300 new local cases on sunday. meanwhile, the chinese capital city of beijing reported 41 new cases on sunday. nationwide, there were more than 7700 new cases reported. that is according to the national health commission. cnn s anna korn joins me now live in from hong kong. good to see you, anna. china s zero covid policy has put incredible pressure on shanghai, particularly, but now with a slight improvement could mean an easing of restrictions in some districts there. what more you learning about this and what it means? reporter: rosemary, we know that officials have announced an easing of restrictions and six districts in shanghai. that should impact about 7 million of the 25 million who have been under lockdown for more than a month now.
we have spoken to some residents in those districts. they say they are yet to be allowed to leave their apartment buildings. we will wait to see when that actually takes place. once they are allowed out, they can only travel within their district. but certainly for the majority of the people in shanghai, there still remains no end in sight as to when this lockdown will be eased. we obviously know that they have been under the strict rules now since the end of march. rosemary, i spoke to one resident this morning who has been on lockdown for more than six weeks because her neighborhood went into lockdown weeks before the official lockdown. she says she is feeling depressed. she has gone from the sense of hopelessness is an anger to now feeling just numb. she says my tears have dried up. my empathy empathy has dried up. i have stopped looking at news. i stopped looking at social media because i just have to stop counting the days.