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 China reported 214 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed
symptoms for Sunday, the majority in the provinces of Guangdong,
Jilin and Shandong.
It's the highest daily caseload since early March 2020 when
authorities began to count locally found infections and cases
arriving from outside the mainland separately.
China's latest local virus flare-ups are tiny by global standards
and the country is sticking to its "dynamic-clearing" policy which
requires local authorities to quickly identify and quarantine every
infection and their close contacts as well as impose travel
restrictions.
The number of locally transmitted asymptomatic cases rose to 312 for
Sunday, the highest daily number since China started in late March
2020 to classify symptomless infections separately from confirmed
cases.
In Shanghai, although only 3 local symptomatic cases were reported
on Sunday, local asymptomatic cases hit a near two-year high of 45.
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 The city's mass vaccination program has led to
the larger number of asymptomatic cases, a
Shanghai health official said at a news
conference on Sunday.
All but one of the 48 Shanghai cases were found
among people already under quarantine. Shanghai
has tested more than one hundred thousand people
and temporarily closed some residential
compounds in a bid to contain outbreaks.
There were no new deaths on Sunday, leaving the
death toll unchanged at 4,636.
As of March 6, China had reported 111,195 cases
with confirmed symptoms, including both local
ones and those arriving from outside the
mainland.
(Reporting by Roxanne Liu, Albee Zhang and Ryan
Woo; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Edwina Gibbs)
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