With surge in fresh infections, China logs 2,753 new Covid-19 cases

Of these new locally transmitted cases, China`s economic hub Shanghai reported 2,494 cases and 16,407 local asymptomatic infections, ANI reported.

Beijing: Witnessing a surge in new Covid-19 cases, China on Tuesday reported 2,753 locally transmitted confirmed cases, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.

Of these new locally transmitted cases, China`s economic hub Shanghai reported 2,494 cases and 16,407 local asymptomatic infections, Xinhua reported.

Across China, cities are locking down their residents, supply lines are rupturing, and officials are scrambling to secure the movement of basic goods, with its largest-ever recorded outbreak of COVID-19 threatening to spiral into a national crisis of the government`s own making.

At least 44 Chinese cities are under either a full or partial lockdown as authorities persist in trying to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, according to a report from investment bank Nomura and CNN.

In Shanghai, the epicentre of the country`s latest outbreak, scenes once unimaginable for the hyper-modern financial capital have become part of the daily struggle for 25 million people.