China sees highest surge in Covid cases in 21 months, Xian emerges as hotspot

With the northwestern city of Xian emerging as the latest Covid hotspot in the country, China on Sunday reported its highest daily rise in local COVID-19 cases in 21 months.

China reported its highest daily rise in local COVID-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China's latest COVID hot spot.

The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdown, detected 155 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Saturday, up from 75 a day earlier, official data showed on Sunday.