ByNed Kelly
Shanghai Health Commission reported a total of 1,931 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases (143 of which were converted from asymptomatic cases, so are not counted as new)and 15,698 local asymptomatic cases this morning, Friday, April 22.
That makes a total of 17,468 new cases reported, 550 less than the 18,036 reported yesterday, and 10,233 less than the record high of 27,719, reported on Thursday, April 14.
Eleven deaths were also reported in Shanghai, taking the death toll in the current outbreak to 36.
Of the 1,788 new local cases reported today, 1,685 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation, while 103 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups (which basically constitutes the whole city right now).
Of the 15,698 new asymptomatic cases, 15,551 tested positive while already quarantined in centralized isolation, while 147 tested positive while being screened as a part of risk groups.
That makes a total of 250 cases reported whilenot previously quarantined in centralized isolation, 191 less than the 441 reported yesterday, and 1,114 less than the record high of 1,364, reported on Sunday, April 3.
Scan the QR to see today's addresses reported (in Chinese)by the Shanghai Health Commission, broken down by district:
As of Monday, April 11, the Shanghai government announced that it was ready to release its preliminary 'three areas division' lists, with areas designated as 'Locked Down,' 'Managed & Controlled' or 'Precautionary.'
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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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