Office workers line up at a Covid-19 testing booth in downtown Shanghai on July 13. China’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases rose to the highest level in more than seven weeks, as infections spread in some of the country’s central, northwestern and southern provinces. The country reported 450 infections for Friday, the most since May 25, with more than half the cases found in Anhui and Gansu, according to the National Health Commission. Shanghai, the financial hub that has endured weeks-long citywide lockdown, recorded 33 cases, a drop from the previous day’s total. The spike in daily numbers comes as data Friday showed widespread lockdowns to stem the infections strained economic activity in the second quarter. China’s gross domestic product grew 0.4% during the period, the slowest pace since the country was first hit by the coronavirus outbreak two years ago. Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, imposed […]