2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak in the city of Shanghai, China began on February 28, 2022, and ended on August 7, 2022. The outbreak was caused by the Omicron variant and became the most widespread in Shanghai since the pandemic began two years prior. Authorities responded with mass COVID-19 testing and a strict lockdown of the city in an effort to uphold China's zero-COVID policy; the latter marked the largest one in the country since the lockdown of Hubei in early 2020. The outbreak caused substantial economic and social disruption across Shanghai with consequences felt elsewhere, and led to the spread of COVID-19 to other parts of China, including Beijing, Guangdong, and Hunan.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai (2022) | |
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Beds at Shanghai Expo Exhibition Hall during Shanghai 2022 COVID-19 pandemic | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Shanghai and other cities in China |
| Index case | February 28, 2022 |
| Date | February 28, 2022 – August 7, 2022 (5 months, 1 week and 3 days ago) |
| Confirmed cases | 63,516 (as of July 21, 24:00) |
| Severe cases | 318 + 52 "critical" (as of April 28, 24:00) |
| Recovered | 26,411 + 317,060 asymptomatic (as of April 28 24:00) |
Deaths | 337 (as of April 28, 24:00) |
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