The new crown pneumonia epidemic has spread, and the local epidemic on the island has exceeded 40,000 for three consecutive days. Today, it was reported that there were 45,269 new local cases, 201 cases of immigration from abroad, and 186 cases of severe cases and 57 deaths.
local cases have increased by 45,269 confirmed cases, namely 20,378 males, 24,886 females and 5 cases, respectively, and the ages are between under 5 and over 90 years old. In terms of region, New Taipei has the largest number of new cases in a single day, and the others are Taichung 5854 cases, 5401 cases in Taipei, 4758 cases in Taoyuan, 43704 cases in Kaohsiung 3704 cases, and 2662 cases in Tainan. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center, said that the local area today rose by 29% compared with last Thursday, which may still be the effect of Mid-Autumn Festival short holiday.
, which increased by 57 deaths today, the youngest was a 10-year-old boy with multiple chronic diseases of innate immune system. He died a few days ago due to respiratory failure and due to new coronary pneumonia.
has increased by 201 cases of immigration from abroad, including 111 males and 90 females, aged between 5 and 80 years old, and the entry date is between August 19 and September 14.
According to Taiwan media reports, the BA.5 epidemic is getting hot. Chen Xinmei, a medical physician, recently shared her experience on the show, saying that the whole family was diagnosed some time ago. The child had a fever of 41.4 degrees. She would wake up in pain two days and midnight after she started the disease, as if she was beaten several times. She also described it as "100 times more painful than the general cold symptoms." She took the opportunity to remind everyone that the spread of BA.5 has become faster and the incubation period has become shorter. Even if epidemic prevention measures are taken, it is still possible to get infected.
In response to this, Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, said today that the types and severity of BA.5 are similar to the previous wave of BA.2, but if people at high risk of severe illness are not vaccinated, they are more likely to experience serious symptoms after infection, so they should pay special attention. (Xue Yang/Edited)
