China has reported 2,129 new Covid-19 cases on April 1, up from 1,827 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said.

The National Health Commission said in a statement that 2,086 of the new cases were local infections, compared with 1,787 a day earlier, Reuters reported.

The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 7,869 from 5,559.

Workers and volunteers look on in a compound where residents are tested for Covid-19 during the second stage of a pandemic lockdown in Jing'an district in Shanghai on Friday. — AFP
Workers and volunteers look on in a compound where residents are tested for Covid-19 during the second stage of a pandemic lockdown in Jing'an district in Shanghai on Friday. — AFP

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