Taiwan today reported 44,747 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 44,500 local cases and 247 overseas migration respectively; 33 new deaths were reported among the confirmed cases. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the Taiwan authorities' "Command Center" for the epidemic epidemic, said that the number of cases decreased by 2,295 compared with last week, a decrease of 4.9%.
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"Construction Center" stated that today's 44,500 new local cases were 20,865 males, 23,621 females, and 14 cases, ages between under 5 and over 90 years old; the number of cases was New Taipei City (9,289 cases), Taichung City (5,877 cases), Taipei City (5,229 cases), Taoyuan City (4,091 cases), Kaohsiung City (3,717 cases), Tainan City (2,790 cases), Changhua County (2310 cases), Hsinchu County (1197 cases), Pingtung County (1180 cases), Yilan County (1176 cases), Miaoli County (1094 cases), Yunlin County (1088 cases), Nantou County (993 cases), Hsinchu City (930 cases), Keelung City (809 cases), Hualien County (758 cases), Chiayi County (736 cases), Chiayi City (478 cases), Taitung County (385 cases), Kinmen County (197 cases), Penghu County (143 cases), Mazu (33 cases).
"Construction Center" pointed out that 33 new local deaths today were 15 males and 18 females, aged between the ages of over 60s and over 90s, all of which were severe infections, 29 cases had a history of chronic diseases, and 25 cases had not received more than 3 doses of the new coronary pneumonia vaccine. The date of diagnosis is from August 7 to September 16, today (2022), and the date of death is from September 6 to September 17. 8 confirmed deaths of COVID-19 that have been previously announced were removed today, of which 4 were corrected after the death information was incorrect. The remaining 4 cases were ruled out after the doctor reexamined it, and the direct cause of death was ruled out that it was related to COVID-19, so it was removed.
"Construction Center" shows that today, among the 247 new cases of overseas migration, 140 males and 107 females, aged between 5 and 80 years old, from Vietnam (17 cases), Singapore (8 cases), Germany (7 cases), Thailand (6 cases), Malaysia (4 cases), the United States and the Philippines (3 cases each), Indonesia (2 cases), South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and Japan (1 case each). Another 194 infection cases are under investigation. The entry date is from August 20 to September 19 this year.
In addition, US President Biden in the "Sixty Minutes" interview broadcast by CBS (CBS) on the 18th claimed that "the epidemic (US) is over, we are still facing the problem of the new coronavirus, we still put a lot of effort into it, but the epidemic is over." He pointed to the hall of the Detroit auto show and said: "You can notice that no one wears a mask. Everyone seems to be in good condition. So I think the situation is changing."
The United States has lifted most epidemic prevention restrictions and travel has also returned to pre-epidemic levels. Zhuang Renxiang, spokesperson of the "Command Center", responded yesterday that judging from the incidence of new coronary pneumonia per 100,000 people, it will take at least one or two months before Taiwan can reach the current low point in the epidemic in the United States.
The local epidemic increased by 28,210 yesterday, compared with last Monday, the number of confirmed cases was about 10%. The epidemic commander Wang Bisheng said that the epidemic has not yet reached its peak and is expected to reach its peak this Wednesday or next Wednesday, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day should be close to 50,000. (Editor: Fang Yanyan)
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