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Shanghai’s New Covid Cases Hit Record on Mass Mandated Tests
Residents in Shanghai are tested in a locked down neighborhood on March 17.
Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s financial hub Shanghai reported record high new Covid infections as it implemented mass mandated testing to reduce transmissions of the virus.
The new cases as of Saturday include 17 confirmed local infections and 492 that are asymptomatic, Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Heath Commission, said at a press conference on Sunday.