Crowds of people in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou crashed through Covid-19 barriers and marched down streets in chaotic scenes on Monday night in a show of public resentment over coronavirus curbs.

Video obtained on Tuesday showed noisy scenes in Guangzhou's Haizhu district of people charging down streets and remonstrating with white hazmat-suit-clad workers.

Among all the latest outbreaks in China, Guangzhou has the biggest caseload with new daily infections of COVID-19 topping 5,000 for the first time and fuelling speculation that localised lockdowns could widen.

On Tuesday authorities reported 17,772 new local COVID-19 infections for 14 November, up from 16,072 a day earlier and the most since April, even as many cities scale back routine testing after authorities announced measures last week aimed at easing the impact of heavy coronavirus curbs.

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