U.S.-listed shares of Yum China Holdings Inc. fell over 10 percent since reporting Tuesday that its adjusted operating profit may decline over 50 percent in the third quarter due to the wide impact of COVID-19 in China. Until Friday, the shares of the KFC operator in China had gone down three days in a row to $54.85 per share, compared with its $61.21 per share on Tuesday. Yum China said in a statement on Sept. 14 that the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus “has become the most widely spread regional outbreak since the national outbreak in 2020,” which caused restaurant closures and a significant decrease in sales. During the peak of the Delta variant outbreak in August, the company said, “more than 500 of our restaurants in 17 provinces were closed or offered only takeaway and delivery service,” leading to a mid-teens percentage drop in same-store sales. As a result of the …