Mainland China reports first Covid-related deaths since the Shanghai lockdown - CNBC

Beijing city tightened Covid controls heading into the weekend as the local case count rose to several hundred a day, including infections with and without symptoms.

For Sunday, the province reported nearly 1,000 Covid infections with symptoms, and more than 8,000 who were asymptomatic.

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.

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.