The island's epidemic prevention department said that the local epidemic in the new crown pneumonia has cooled down for five consecutive days compared with the same period last week. Today, a total of 38,157 new local cases and 214 imported cases were added, and 51 new deaths were added among the confirmed cases.
Taiwan Epidemic Command Center spokesperson Zhuang Renxiang said that the number of cases in Japan today decreased by 1,612 compared with yesterday, a decrease of 4.1%, and a decrease of 1,237 cases from last Saturday, a decrease of 3.1%. Local cases include New Taipei new cases in a single day, most of which are 7844 new cases, followed by Taichung 4742 cases, 4368 cases in Taipei, 4152 cases in Taoyuan, 43441 cases in Kaohsiung , 2250 cases in Tainan, 1920 cases in Changhua, etc.; imported cases from abroad enter from Vietnam , the United States, Cambodia , Singapore , South Korea, Thailand, etc.
According to reports, 136 new cases of moderate and 48 severe cases were added today, including 1 case of multisystem inflammation in children (MIS-C). It is a 3-year-old boy, unvaccinated and has no history of chronic illness. Zhuang Renxiang said that the boy was diagnosed on August 16, had fever, abdominal pain, and vomiting on September 16, and had rashes on his face and torso on the 19th. On the 20th, he went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with conjunctivitis and and was diagnosed with MIS-C. He was admitted to the ICU ward. After using immunoglobulin and other drugs, the condition has improved and he was transferred to the general ward on the 23rd.
As of now, a total of 223 severe cases of childhood illnesses on the island, including 431 cases of encephalitis, 24 cases of pneumonia, 41 cases of myocarditis, 3 cases of sepsis, 11 cases of croup, 8 cases of deaths at home, 142 cases of MIS-C, 3 cases of total disease, and 3 cases of deaths remained.
51 new deaths on the island, aged between the ages of over 40s and over 90s. Are all severe infections? Among them, 48 have a history of chronic diseases and 43 have not received more than 3 doses of vaccine. From 2020 to the present, a total of 6.211,093 confirmed cases and 1,794 deaths in Taiwan have been reported. (Xue Yang/Edited)
