COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai

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COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai
Health screening at Shanghai Pudong International Airport – January 2020
Disease	COVID-19
Virus strain	SARS-CoV-2
Location	Shanghai, China
First outbreak	Wuhan, Hubei
Index case	31 December 2019
Arrival date	January 20, 2020 (4 years, 9 months and 22 days ago)
Confirmed cases	65,641
Active cases	96
Recovered	61,600
Deaths	595

The COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first confirmed in Shanghai on 20 January 2020.^[1] As of 14 October 2022^[update], 65,641 confirmed cases cumulatively occurred in the city, of which 3,045 cases were imported from abroad. Of the 96 active hospitalized cases ending at midnight, 94 were in stable condition and 1 was in critical condition; 61,600 had cumulatively recovered and been discharged, and 595 died.^[2][3]