China reports highest new daily Covid-19 cases since February 2020

China reported more than 13,000 new Covid-19 cases amid the country’s worst virus outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.

There were more than 8,000 infections discovered in Shanghai on Saturday, authorities said.

China added more than 13,000 new Covid-19 infections with state media reporting a case infected with a new subtype of the omicron variant.

The new iteration of the virus, isolated from a mild Covid-19 patient in a city less than 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Shanghai, evolves from the BA.1.1 branch of the omicron variant, Global Times reported, citing sequencing data from local health authorities. The report said the