SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s financial hub of Shanghai reported 5,298 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and 355 symptomatic cases for March 30, the city government said on its official WeChat account on Thursday.
That compared with 5,656 new asymptomatic cases and 326 new cases with symptoms reported a day earlier.
Shanghai on Sunday announced a two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people to carry out COVID-19 testing.
(Reporting by Engen Tham; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)