China tracks rising COVID activity in Beijing as US cases climb
As China battles an Omicron-fueled COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, its largest city, it is also now seeing cases rise in Beijing, its capital and home to more than 21 million people.Meanwhile, in the United States, COVID-19 activity, mainly due to the more transmissible BA.2 subvariant, are rising, mainly in two regions.Chinese deaths also on the riseOfficials in Beijing have ordered mass testing for people in the Chaoyang district, triggering stockpiling of groceries and other key items, as people fear a lockdown similar to Shanghai's, according to Reuters.China hasn't backed down from its "zero COVID" policy, even as Shanghai's lockdown stretches into a month and as cases—and now deaths—continue to rise.
Lockdowns have frayed residents' morale, been a drag on China's economy, and stretched global supply chains.Today, China reported 20,194 new local cases, 17,728 of them asymptomatic, according to the country's National Health Commission.
Most were from Shanghai, but 14 symptomatic and 5 asymptomatic cases were from Beijing.Deaths, typically a lagging indicator, continue to rise steadily, and China today reported 51 deaths, all from Shanghai.
Fatalities are at their highest level since April 2020.Daily US cases approach 50,000Daily COVID-19 case counts in the United States are up 51% in the last 2 weeks, with 46,992 new cases reported yesterday, according to the New York Times.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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