Hong Kong reported 32,430 Covid-19 cases and 264 deaths.
China on Sunday recorded 1,807 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day count since the beginning of the pandemic in 2019, Reuters reported. Of the new local infections,1,412 were recorded in Jilin province alone. On Friday, China had imposed a lockdown in Jilin’s capital of Changchun amid a spike in Covid-19 cases. The region known for its industrial base is said to be worst affected by the Omicron variant. Zhang Yan, an official attached to the Jilin health commission, said on Sunday that the authorities’ response to the virus was not upto the mark, Agence France-Presse reported.
