Summary
The Central Epidemic Command Center announced today (1) that there were 34,274 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan, including 34,242 local cases and 32 imported cases; 46 new deaths were confirmed among the confirmed cases.
The command center said that there were 34,242 new local cases today, including 16,057 males, 18,173 females, and 12 under investigation, aged from under 5 years old to over 90 years old. The cases are distributed in New Taipei City (5,660 cases), Taichung City (4,731 cases), Kaohsiung City (4,285 cases), Tainan City (3,365 cases), Taipei City (3,036 cases), Taoyuan City (3,017 cases), Changhua County (1,970 cases), Pingtung County (1,179 cases), Yunlin County (1,008 cases), Hsinchu County (761 cases), Nantou County (745 cases), Miaoli County (733 cases), Chiayi County (724 cases), Hsinchu City (717 cases), Yilan County (573 cases), Chiayi City (465 cases), Hualien County (399 cases), Keelung City (361 cases), Taitung County (282 cases), Kinmen County (119 cases), Penghu County (101 cases), Lianjiang County (11 cases) .
The command center pointed out that there were 46 new local deaths today, including 22 males and 24 females, aged in their 30s to over 90s. All of them had severe infections, all had a history of chronic disease, 31 hadn’t received the recommended 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 21 hadn’t received any doses at all. The date of diagnosis was between July 27 and October 29, 2022, and the date of death was between October 20 and October 29. Please refer to the attachment to the press release for details.
The command center stated that among the 32 new cases of immigration today, 16 were male and 16 were female, aged in their 10s to 70s, from South Korea, China, Singapore, Italy, and Japan (1 case each). ), and another 27 cases of infection are under investigation in the country. The entry date is from September 1 to October 31 this year.
According to the statistics of the command center, up to now, a total of 19,390,778 cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia-related notifications (including 11,641,036 excluded) have been reported in Taiwan, of which 7,746,969 were confirmed, including 36,420 imported cases, 7,710,495 local cases, 36 Dunmu Fleet cases, 3 aircraft infections, 1 case is unknown and 14 cases are under investigation. Since 2020, a total of 12,876 COVID-19 deaths have been reported, of which 12,859 are local. The counties and cities of the cases are distributed in New Taipei City with 2,624 cases, Taipei City with 1,448 cases, Taichung City with 1,322 cases, Kaohsiung City with 1,226 cases, Taoyuan City with 975 cases and Tainan City. 957 cases in Changhua County, 507 in Pingtung County, 401 in Nantou County, 399 in Yunlin County, 356 in Miaoli County, 328 in Chiayi County, 282 in Keelung City, 276 in Yilan County, 222 in Hualien County, There are 211 cases in Hsinchu County, 208 cases in Chiayi City, 180 cases in Taitung County, 144 cases in Hsinchu City, 34 cases in Penghu County, and 31 cases in Kinmen County; the other 17 cases were imported from abroad.
The command center once again calls on the public to complete vaccinations as soon as possible, implement personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette and wearing masks, reduce unnecessary movements, activities or gatherings, and avoid going to crowded places or high risk of infection transmission and actively cooperate with various epidemic prevention measures, download and use the “Taiwan Social Distancing APP”, and jointly strictly guard the community defense line.