33 Cities in China Are Under Some Sort of Lockdown

Some 33 cities and estimated 65 million people in China were under some sort of lockdown as of Saturday, as the country battles its broadest Covid outbreak since early 2020.

As many as 103 cities across 26 provincial-level regions reported Covid cases on Thursday, the most since the early days of the pandemic in 2020, according to public information compiled by Caixin. Nationwide, the country has reported at least 1,000 new cases for 27 straight days, with more than 1,500 local infections detected Sunday, according to the National Health Commission.