More than 30,000 Covid cases were detected in China, the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the National Health Bureau, China recorded 31,454 local cases on Wednesday, of which 27,517 were without symptoms.
Before Wednesday’s figures, the highest-ever infections recorded in a single day was 29,390 in mid-April in Shanghai. Residents had to scramble to buy food and restricted access to medical care after it was out under lockdown.
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BEIJING, China (AFP) China's daily COVID cases have hit a record high since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed Thursday, as the country works to curb the spread with snap lockdowns,.
The numbers are relatively small when compared with China s vast population of 1.4 billion and the caseloads seen in Western countries at the height of the pandemic.