New Covid-19 cases still rise in Shanghai

Health workers wait to test residents in Shanghai on Saturday. Pic/AFP

Shanghai, which is reeling under a massive outbreak of coronavirus cases, has released over 11,000 recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals, but infection numbers continued to climb, raising questions about China's much-touted dynamic zero-case policy.

Wu Qianyu, a senior official with the east Chinese city's public health commission, told a media briefing on Sunday that the patients would be put under home quarantine and no further controls should be imposed on them.

11,38,093 No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours
49,45,87,638 Total no. of cases worldwide
61,70,283 Total no. of deaths worldwide

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