China announced its highest daily infections of new COVID-19 patients on Aug. 6, in the current outbreak that was first reported on July 20. Officials blamed the latest clusters mainly on the highly transmissible Delta variant, ordered residents in the cities that have outbreaks to line up for mass tests, restricted people’s movement, and locked down residential compounds, neighborhoods, and communities one after another. In eastern China’s Yangzhou city, at least 58 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Thursday. On Friday, 4.56 million residents were forced to stay at home and the regime closed the highways and railways to curb the virus’ spreading. “Yangzhou’s hustle and bustle are paused,” state-run media Xinhua reported on Aug. 6. “The whole city became empty and quiet,” because people are locked down at home or in quarantine centers. Even in a city like Xiangtan in central-south Hunan Province where only three residents were diagnosed in …