⁍ China reported the highest number of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases in nearly seven months.
⁍ Follows mass infection of unknown origin in northwestern Xinjiang region.
⁍ Xinjiang health authorities found 137 asymptomatic cases on Sunday.
– More than 4 million people in China are being tested for a deadly strain of bird flu after a mass infection of an unknown origin in the northwestern Xinjiang region, Reuters reports. According to state media, a 17-year-old factory worker in Kashgar was found to be infected with a strain of bird flu known as COVID-19 on Saturday, triggering a mass testing drive for the 4.75 million people in the Kashgar area. On Sunday, 137 asymptomatic cases were found, all of them linked to the factory. The number of new COVID-19 cases in Kashgar was the highest since China began publishing daily counts starting in March. The number of confirmed cases in China now stands at 85,810, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,634.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-cases/china-reports-surge-in-symptomless-covid-19-infections-idUSKBN27B07C