Covid 19 cases in china - China pushes millions into strict COVID

Zhangjiajie city in Hunan province has required all tourist sites, cinemas and theatres to close, and banned large gatherings to contain the virus.

So one important way to understand if countries are testing sufficiently is to ask: What share of the tests confirm a case? Countries, finding themselves at different stages of their own outbreaks, have been trying to mimic some of the stringent policies such as lockdowns and social distancing orders that other countries, which have reported reductions in their deaths, have implemented.

Shanghai officials, who say they are eager for factories to get back to work, said more than 80% of 666 prioritised companies had restarted production and that they had drawn up a second list of 1,188 firms.

Reported infections remained near record figures as 296,498 cases were reported within 24 hours.