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By Ned Kelly

Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 268 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 13,086 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Tuesday, April 5.

That makes today a record high of 13,354 local cases reportedin Shanghai, 4,348 more than yesterday's9,006, which was itself a record high.

The numbers come as Shanghai undergoes China's biggest citywide lockdown since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.The city originally began being locked down on March 28 in two stages – Pudong then Puxi –over nine days, while authorities carry out COVID-19 testing.

In very much expected news – and just as with Pudong – Puxi's lockdown was not lifted at 3am this morning. Follow up measures will be "decided based on the results of the latest citywide nucleic acid testing," according to the city government.

Pudong was initially broken up intoareas designated as 'Locked Down,' 'Managed & Controlled' or 'Precautionary,' but at this point it is not clear what the latest measures will be.

Click the link below to find out how that 'Locked Down,' 'Managed & Controlled' or 'Precautionary' system worked (should it still prove to be relevant?)...

READ MORE:Shanghai, Here are Your New Lockdown Measures

Medics from across the country are being rushed to Shanghai, while those that have tested positive have started to be transferred to neighboring cities and provinces to quarantine, so the government seems steadfast in its zero-Covid health policy.

Of the 268local cases reported today, 14 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation as close contacts of previous cases; 4 were converted from an asymptomatic case already in centralized isolation; while 250 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups (which basically constitutes the whole city by now).

Of the 13,086 asymptomatic cases, 12,592 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation as close contacts of previous cases, while 494 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups.

The 250 local cases not previously quarantined in centralized isolation were in the following areas:

348 in Pudong New Area

31 in MinhangDistrict

29 in HuangpuDistrict

28 in XuhuiDistrict

10 in PutuoDistrict

10 in YangpuDistrict

9 in HongkouDistrict

9 in SongjiangDistrict

5 in Jing'anDistrict

4 in JiadingDistrict

4 in QingpuDistrict

2 in Baoshan District

2 in ChangningDistrict

2 in FengxianDistrict

1 in JinshanDistrict

0 in Chongming District

Scan the QR to see today's addresses reported (in Chinese)by the Shanghai Health Commission, broken down by district:

The source of the current COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai is the Huating Hotel & Towers in Xujiahui, one of the designated quarantine hotels for inbound travelers, and the strain is the highly-infectious Omicron BA.2 sub-variant, the government has concluded.

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