(Yicai Global) May 18 -- Shanghai has recorded a new Covid-19 patient, a jobseeker from the virus' epicenter Hubei province, marking the city's first new case in nearly 11 weeks and taking the eastern metropolis' total confirmed cases to 666, the local health commission said this morning.

The patient arrived in Shanghai on May 14 and voluntarily took a lab test the following day, according to the commission. The patient tested positive for Covid-19 and was immediately hospitalized, with further tests confirming yesterday that he had the virus.

While Shanghai has still been logging new cases among overseas airport arrivals, it has not logged a new domestic case since March 2. Everybody flying into Shanghai from overseas must still undergo a 14-day isolation.

Authorities have traced 20 people who had been in contact with the patient and placed them under quarantine, the commission said, adding all the venues the patient had visited have been disinfected.

The city confirmed no new imported cases yesterday and had no asymptomatic cases under observation.

Among the 326 imported patients, 17 are being treated, with two in serious condition. 309 have been discharged upon recovery, the commission said.

Four suspected patients who had recently been overseas are undergoing further tests, it added.

Of the 340 local cases, seven have died, one is being treated and 332 patients have fully recovered and been released from hospital.

Editor: James Boynton