China registered 34 new coronavirus infections, 20 of them local

The National Health Commission of China reported this Monday the detection of 34 new positives for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, 20 of them due to local contagion, one of the lowest figures recorded since the last outbreaks began almost three months ago.

The provinces where new infections were recorded were Beijing (8), Shanghai (east, 6) and Tianjin (north, 6).

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Chinawhich applies a severe policy of “zero tolerance” towards the new coronavirus, is going through a wave of outbreaks attributed to the omicron variant that has caused record numbers of infections not seen since the start of the pandemic in the first half of 2020.

Health authorities also reported today the detection of 150 asymptomatic cases, 102 of them local (the majority in Shanghai), although Beijing does not count them as confirmed cases unless they show symptoms.

The remaining 14 infections, found among travelers from abroad, were detected in various regions of the country.

The National Health Commission also detailed that, until last local midnight (4:00 p.m. GMT on Sunday), 215 patients were discharged after successfully overcoming covid.

The total number of active infected in the China continental amounts to 2,748, 133 of them in serious condition.

According to the institution’s accounts, since the start of the pandemic, 224,049 people have been infected in the country and 5,226 have died.

To date, medical follow-up has been carried out on more than four million close contacts with those infected, of which 187,651 are still under observation.

Source: Elcomercio

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