Taiwan's epidemic epidemic command center announced today that 22,634 new confirmed cases of new crown were added on the island, of which 22,593 were local cases and 41 were moved abroad, down about 14.2% from the 26,336 cases last Monday. Epidemic prevention officials said that this shows that the epidemic on the island has gradually emerged from its peak.
Command Center stated that the cumulative number of confirmed cases last week was 239,746, a decrease of about 9.9% compared with the 265,945 cases in the previous week. This has been a downward trend for three consecutive weeks. Today, the number of new cases increased by New Taipei City by 3,804, followed by 3,006 cases in Taichung City, 2,765 cases in Kaohsiung City, 2,567 cases in Taoyuan City, 2,025 cases in Taipei City, and 1,929 cases in Tainan City.
Command Center pointed out that 59 new local deaths today were 30 males and 29 females, aged between the 40s and over 90s, all of which were severe infections, 55 cases had a history of chronic medical treatment, and 44 cases had not received more than 3 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The date of diagnosis is from September 23 to October 28, and the date of death is from July 3 to October 28.
Command Center pointed out that there were 59 new deaths today, one of which was a man in his 40s. He had never received the vaccine and had a history of diabetes and hypertension . He went to the hospital for respiratory symptoms and rapid screening. He was diagnosed with new coronavirus infection and acute bronchitis after reporting. After the notice, he was found to die in a coma the next day, and died of new coronavirus pneumonia and heart and lung failure. In addition, there were 171 new cases of moderate to severe cases today, of which 127 were moderate to severe cases, with 44 severe cases, and no new severe cases of children or adolescents.
According to reports, among the 41 new cases of imported cases from abroad today, 17 were males and 24 females, aged between 10 and 60, moved in from Japan, South Korea, the United States, Singapore, Germany, Canada and other places. The entry date was between October 5 and October 30 this year. (Xue Yang/Edited)