Published: July 20th, 2022,
Last updated: July 21st, 2022
China has reported 776 new Covid infections for Monday. That is more than 170 cases than the previous day, Reuters reports. It is the highest number of cases in several weeks. Most of the infections occurred in the Guangxi region in the south of the country. There were also more than 230 new infections in the northwestern province of Gansu. The province’s capital, Lanzhou, is under lockdown. In Shanghai, the numbers are lower. There, 23 new cases have been reported. Still, mass testing was conducted in 13 of the city’s 16 districts. In Beijing, there was the first new infection on Monday after seven days without positive cases. nib