COVID infections continue to rise in Shanghai despite lockdowns

dpa Beijing COVID infections continue to rise in Shanghai despite large-scale lockdowns, officials said Wednesday. A high of 26,330 new infections were reported Tuesday, authorities said on Wednesday. But most of the cases are asymptomatic. Shanghai is at the centre of the largest Covid wave in China since the pandemic began more than two years ago and has recorded most of the nearly 28,000 cases nationwide. Despite the announcement Monday of an expected gradual easing of the lockdown, the vast majority of the Shanghai area population of 26 million continues to be affected by curfews. The city government has also…