By Ned Kelly
Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 322 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 19,660 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Thursday, April 7.
That makes a total of 19,982 cases reportedin Shanghai, a record high, and 2,905 more than yesterday's17,077, which was itself a record high.
Of the 322local cases reported today, 12 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation as close contacts of previous cases; 15 were converted from an asymptomatic case already in centralized isolation; while 295 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups (which basically constitutes the whole city by now).
Of the 19,660 asymptomatic cases, 19,027 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation as close contacts of previous cases, while 633 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups.
That makes a total of 928 cases reported while not previously quarantined in centralized isolation, 151 more than yesterday's 777, and 436 less than the previous record high of 1,364, reported in Sunday, April 3.
The 295 local cases not previously quarantined in centralized isolation were in the following areas:
139 in Pudong New Area
30 in ChangningDistrict
26 in Putuo District
25 in Jing'anDistrict
20 in MinhangDistrict
16 in XuhuiDistrict
9 in Baoshan District
9 in YangpuDistrict
7 in HuangpuDistrict
5 in Jiading District
4 in QingpuDistrict
3 in JinshanDistrict
1 in SongjiangDistrict
1 in HongkouDistrict
0 in FengxianDistrict
0 in Chongming District
The 633 asymptomatic cases not previously quarantined in centralized isolation were in the following areas:
351 in Pudong New Area
54 in HongkouDistrict
39 in HuangpuDistrict
34 in MinhangDistrict
29 in XuhuiDistrict
27in JiadingDistrict
20 in YangpuDistrict
17 in Baoshan District
17 in Jing'anDistrict
16 in PutuoDistrict
14 in ChangningDistrict
6in FengxianDistrict
4 in SongjiangDistrict
2 in JinshanDistrict
2 in QingpuDistrict
1 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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