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title: "Shanghai reports rise in Covid-19 deaths for April 20"
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# Shanghai reports rise in Covid-19 deaths for April 20

> SHANGHAI, April 21 (Reuters) - Eight people infected with Covid-19 died in Shanghai on April 20, Chinese state television said on Thursday, while the number of cases outside of quarantined areas rose.

By Reuters · Published 21 April 2022, 14:52 SAST

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The deaths were up from seven a day earlier.

The Chinese financial hub reported 15,861 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases, down from 16,407 a day earlier.

Symptomatic cases stood at 2,634, up from 2,494 a day earlier.

There were 441 new cases outside quarantined areas on Wednesday, up from 390 a day earlier but down from 550 on Monday.

(Reporting by Andrew Galbraith and Wang Jing; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Tom Hogue)