Shanghai reports 570 new local asymptomatic COVID cases, 52 symptomatic cases for May 21

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese financial hub of Shanghai reported 570 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases for May 21, down from 784 a day earlier.

Confirmed symptomatic cases fell to 52 from 84 the previous day, the city's government said in a statement on Saturday.

There were zero cases found outside quarantined areas as with the previous day and three new COVID-19 related deaths, compared with one the previous day.

(Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard and Eve Wu; Editing by Nick Zieminski)