The number of local cases of COVID-19 on the island has remained at more than 80,000 for three consecutive days. Today there are 81,852 new cases, with 104 deaths among confirmed cases, setting a new high for this wave of epidemic. There are also 55 imported cases from abroad.
Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center, said that there were 81,852 new local cases today. There are 39,020 male cases and 42,799 female cases. Among the 33 cases under investigation, the age ranges from under 5 years old to over 90 years old. The distribution of cases is New Taipei City (17,632 cases), Taichung City (9,944 cases), Taoyuan City (9,484 cases), Taipei City (9,062 cases), Kaohsiung City (8,566 cases), Tainan City (5,871 cases), Changhua County (3,281 cases), Pingtung County (2,623 cases), Hsinchu County (2,282 cases), Yilan County (2,041 cases), Miaoli County (1,700 cases), Keelung City (1,690 cases), Hsinchu City (1,679 cases), Hualien County (1,291 cases), Yunlin County (1,105 cases), Nantou County (1, 0 04 cases), Chiayi County (920 cases), Taitung County (749 cases), Chiayi City (522 cases), Penghu County (206 cases), Kinmen County (182 cases), Matsu (18 cases), related epidemics The investigation is ongoing.
There were 104 new deaths from local cases today, 56 males and 48 females, ranging in age from under 5 to over 90 years old. They were all severely infected cases, 97 cases had chronic medical history, and 49 cases had no vaccination. The date of diagnosis ranged from April 27 to May 23, and the date of death ranged from May 13 to May 23.
According to the report, among the death cases, two were young children, one of whom was a 4-year-old girl with encephalitis , and the other was a 1-year-old girl with intestinal atresia and sepsis. The causes of death were encephalitis and multiple organ failure, respectively. Septic shock. There are currently 16 severe cases in children, 7 of which have died, and 7 of the severe cases have symptoms of encephalitis.
Another young death case was a woman in her 20s and 30s, with a history of cardiovascular disease and diabetes respectively. The causes of death were pneumonia combined with septic shock, acute pancreatitis and pneumonia. They received 0 and 1 dose of vaccine respectively. .
Of the 55 newly imported cases today, 30 are male and 25 are female; their ages range from their teens to their 70s, and their entry dates were between May 24 and May 25 this year. (Xue Yang/Editor)