China's financial hub Shanghai has reported a fifth consecutive daily record for locally transmitted Covid-19 asymptomatic cases as the highly infectious Omicron variant complicates efforts to stop the virus from spreading, Reuters reports.
Shanghai has reported 865 domestically transmitted asymptomatic infections in the last 24 hours, official data showed, up from 734 a day earlier.
Shanghai has also reported 31 new local cases with confirmed symptoms, which China counts separately, including one person who was initially reported as an asymptomatic infection and showed symptoms later, according to data from the National Health Commission.
