China is battling the spread of its biggest COVID-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant

According to numbers announced on Monday, the nation is dealing with a rapid spread of the virus, not seen since the beginning of the pandemic – with travellers from a city where infections have grown faster than elsewhere in the country subject to tough quarantine rules in nearby areas.

Health authorities within China have stated that 32 new locally acquired cases have been detected and confirmed for November 14.

Most of those new infections have been detected in the northeastern Dalian city

The new positive cases brings the tally of local infections since October 17 to now 1,308 according to Reuters.

The rise marks China’s most widespread Delta outbreak, which has impacted countries, Chinese authorities are anxious to block any further transmissions under the government’s zero-tolerance guidance.

A dozen province-level regions contained their flare-ups within weeks in the current outbreak, thanks to quick implementation of a complex set of curbs, including rigorous contact tracing, multiple rounds of testing of people in at risk areas, the closure of entertainment and cultural venues and restrictions on tourism and public transport.

Dalian remains locked in a struggle with the virus

The city is struggling to manage the current outbreak and the rapid spread of the delta variant of COVID – Wu Liangyou, an official at the National Health Commission has said

Since Dalian’s first local symptomatic patients from the latest outbreak was reported on November 4th, the city located in China’s port of 7.5 million people has detected an average of about 24 new local cases a day.