Shanghai: Following the reports of an increasing number of Covid cases in Shanghai, it was reported that China has imposed a strict lockdown in Shanghai.

However, the authorities of China city of Shanghai have denied rumours of a city-wide lockdown after a sixth straight increase in daily asymptomatic coronavirus cases.

The report said that the number of Covid cases has reached record levels despite a campaign of mass testing aimed at stifling the spread.

Though the outbreak in Shanghai is too small compared to the global standards, however, the authorities are proceeding with the testing campaign that has seen many people locked in residential compounds for days.

The total cases of Covid recorded in Shanghai have reached over 1000 on Tuesday.The lockdown rumours triggered panic buying late on Tuesday night. After the cases sharply rose, the government has said that it has converted the city's two stadiums into quarantine facilities for mild cases and asymptomatic carriers.

A few subway stations too halted their operations on Wednesday. The municipality reported 977 domestically transmitted asymptomatic infections for Tuesday, data from the National Health Commission (NHC) showed, up from 865 a day earlier.

Meanwhile, the majority of the houses remained shut for several days to prevent the spreading of the pandemic from person to person.

Mainland China reported 2,591 locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms on Tuesday, versus 2,281 a day earlier, the NHC data showed.

The number of new local asymptomatic cases stood at 2,346 compared with 2,313 a day earlier.
The northeastern city of Shenyang also announced that its 9 million residents would have to go through another three rounds of testing from Thursday through to March 30, after the three rounds had already been completed.

The coronavirus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019