Tourist spots worst hit as nation adds almost 2,200 new cases

Life goes on: Senior citizens pushing shopping trolleys loaded with groceries as they walk along a street in Beijing. — AP

Beijing: China reported 2,181 new Covid-19 cases, as conditions worsen in the country’s biggest outbreak since the lockdown of Shanghai earlier this year.

About 553 people were confirmed to be infected and there were another 1,628 asymptomatic cases as of Saturday, according to a statement released by the National Health Commission.