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China on Sunday reported 13,146 new coronavirus infections, the highest number since the peak of the first pandemic wave more than two years ago, as the country struggles to maintain its "zero-COVID" strategy. Announcing the statistics, the National Health Commission said in a statement that "no new deaths" had been reported despite the high number of infections. Outbreaks of the disease, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant, have now hit more than a dozen provinces, with Shanghai the worst-affected region. The city of 25 million, which has been under lockdown for days, has registered 70% of the national infection...
