Three people died over the weekend after contracting Covid, the first deaths from the virus that mainland China has recorded since May.
The southern province of Guangdong, especially its capital city of Guangzhou, remains the hardest hit in this month's Covid wave. For Sunday, the province reported nearly 1,000 Covid infections with symptoms, and more than 8,000 who were asymptomatic.
Guangzhou authorities said Sunday that schools in seven of the city's 11 districts would keep classes online, while one district could gradually resume in-person classes. On Nov. 10,Mainland China's latest wave of Covid infections has hit all 31 of the country's province-level regions, with varying degrees of restrictions on local business and social activity. For Sunday alone, mainland China reported more than 26,000 Covid infections, with and without symptoms.
More than 90% of China's 1.4 billion people were vaccinated as of Nov. 11, but the rate was lower for people over 80 years old — at 65.7%, a senior health official said at a briefing. In the U.S., well over 90% of people ages 75 and older have been vaccinated, while in Singapore, at least 90% of people who are 80 years and older have been vaccinated, according to official data in each country.among other easing of measures, while they focus on making Covid controls more targeted. The country has maintained a stringent zero-Covid policy, while the rest of the world has shifted to a live with Covid strategy.