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China's daily COVID cases hit record high: health bureau

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A woman undergoes a Coronavirus PCR test on the street in Shanghai, China, Nov. 3, 2022. Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/11/24/20221103-china-covid-iphone-epa-2.jpg"/><figcaption>A woman undergoes a Coronavirus PCR test on the street in Shanghai, China, Nov. 3, 2022. <em>Alex Plavevski, EPA-EFE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BEIJING –– China&#x27;s daily COVID cases have hit a record high since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed Thursday, as the country works to curb the spread with snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions.</p><p>China recorded a total of 31,444 domestic cases Wednesday, of which 27,517 were asymptomatic, the National Health Bureau said.</p><p>The numbers are relatively small when compared with China&#x27;s vast population of 1.4 billion.</p><p>But under Beijing&#x27;s strict zero-COVID policy, even tiny outbreaks can shut down entire cities and place contacts of infected patients into strict quarantine.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/11/22/china-cuts-covid-quarantine-scraps-flight-bans">China eases COVID measures, cutting quarantine and scrapping flight bans</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/07/22/is-china-ending-its-zero-covid-policy">Is Xi Jinping’s trip overseas the beginning of the end for China’s zero-COVID policy?</a></li></ul><p>The unrelenting policy has caused fatigue and resentment among swathes of the population as the pandemic nears its third year, sparking sporadic protests and hitting productivity in the world&#x27;s second-largest economy.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/23/22/beijingers-fed-up-with-tightening-restrictions">&#x27;Sick of everything&#x27;: Beijingers fed up with tightening restrictions</a></li></ul><p>Wednesday&#x27;s figures exceed the 29,390 infections recorded in mid-April when megacity Shanghai was under lockdown, with residents struggling to buy food and access medical care.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/11/22/chinas-ex-covid-patients-live-under-stigma ">China&#x27;s ex-COVID patients live under &#x27;dark shadow&#x27; of stigma</a></li></ul><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2351172" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

China's daily COVID cases have hit a record high since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed Thursday. 