China reported 1,800 new symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, representing the highest daily figure in two years and more than triple the number from the day before, according to Reuters.
On Saturday, the country’s National Health Commission reported 476 cases, which included 114 people initially classified as asymptomatic who later developed symptoms.
Although China’s case count is far lower than other countries facing a surge, the growing numbers are posing complications for the “zero tolerance” policy to isolate people and suppress the virus as quickly as possible, Reuters reported. The surge has prompted health officials to allow the public to buy rapid self-test kits for the first time to detect infections.
The increase “showed that some local areas, facing a rapid rise in the epidemic, lacked the capacity to expand medical resources, resulting in limited admission of infections to centralized facilities within a short period of time,” a Jilin official said during a news briefing. On Sunday, the southern business hub Shenzhen reported 60 new local cases, marking the city’s highest since early 2020. Officials announced that the city of 17.5 million people, which abuts Hong Kong, will be shut down, accordingBus and subway services will also be suspended, city officials said, and everyone in Shenzhen will undergo three rounds of testing. All businesses except those that supply food, fuel, and necessary services will close or work from home this week, the AP reported.
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