Shanghai reports first official Covid deaths since weeks-long lockdown imposed


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[statement] Monday. All three were unvaccinated and had underlying health conditions such as coronary heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to officials. The city reported 2,417 symptomatic cases and 19,831 asymptomatic infections Monday, slightly down from the previous day, according to the health commission. The death toll appears strikingly low against the vast number of cases — since March 1, more than 370,000 people in Shanghai have been infected, and by the official count, no one had died of Covid until Sunday. [9,000 Covid deaths] out of 1.18 million total cases as of January this year. [48%] of...