Shanghai reports rise in Covid-19 deaths for April 20

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)