China’s Covid Outbreak Worst Since May as Lockdowns Persist
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China’s daily local Covid infection rate soared to its highest level since early May, with lockdowns sweeping across the nation.
There were 3,800 new cases reported for Thursday, a 22% jump from the day before and the highest since the country emerged from its biggest outbreak in the spring, according to the National Health Commission. A flareup in the southern factory hub Guangzhou continue to accelerate after at least one district in the city halted in-person schooling and dining-in, with 572 domestic infections reported on Friday.