Coronavirus: China facing biggest Delta variant outbreak

China is fighting its largest COVID-19 outbreak, which is caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant, with some districts banning individuals from a northeastern city where infections have spread faster than elsewhere in the country in the last week.

Between October 17 and November 14, a total of 1,308 domestically transmitted diseases with proven symptoms were detected on the mainland, surpassing the 1,280 local cases reported during the summer Delta outbreak, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.