Ammon News - China on Monday reported deaths of three people from Covid-19 in Shanghai for the first time since the financial hub entered a lockdown in March, following an Omicron-driven outbreak that’s confined millions to their homes and disrupted production and economic output.

The city of around 25 million residents have been logging more than 20,000 Covid-19 cases daily.

A statement by the city’s health authorities said that the three who died were aged between 89 and 91, two women and one man, and were not vaccinated.