The National Health Bureau reports that since the pandemic started, China’s daily Covid cases have increased

As the nation attempts to stop the spread with sudden lockdowns, widespread testing, and travel restrictions, official data on Thursday revealed that China’s daily Covid cases have reached a record high since the start of the pandemic.

On Wednesday, China reported 31,454 domestic cases, 27,517 of which had no symptoms, according to the National Health Bureau.

Considering China’s enormous population of 1.4 billion, the numbers are quite insignificant.

Even small outbreaks, however, can force the closure of entire cities and the stringent confinement of contacts of infected people under Beijing’s draconian zero-Covid policy.

As the pandemic approaches its third year, the relentless policy has worn on large segments of the population, causing resentment and fatigue. This has led to sporadic protests and decreased productivity in the second-largest economy in the world.

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The infections reported on Wednesday are higher than the 29,390 infections that were noted in mid-April in Shanghai, a megacity where residents were having difficulty accessing food and medical care due to a lockdown.

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