There were 17 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan, 16 from the local area and 1 from overseas, respectively. Another confirmed case was 1 death. Chen Shizhong, the commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that there are currently four cases in the investigation of the epidemic, and the correlation is not clear. At present, it is generally concentrated in counties and cities, and the infection has some context to follow. It depends on the local government to work harder to use the epidemic investigation platform Together, the epidemic is still under control.
According to the command center, the 16 new local cases (7 of them were positive during home isolation or at the end of the expiry period) were 11 males and 5 females, aged in their 30s to 60s. The date of onset Between July 14th and July 26th of this year (2021). The distribution of cases is mostly in Taoyuan City with 6 cases, followed by 5 in Taipei City, 4 in New Taipei City, and 1 in Hsinchu County. Among them, 11 cases are known sources of infection, 4 cases are unknown, and 1 case is under investigation. This will continue. Epidemic investigation to clarify the source of infection.
The command center explained that one new death case (case 8354) was added today. It was a 70-year-old male with a history of chronic disease and no history of contact with related activities. He developed symptoms such as dyspnea on May 28. He went to the doctor for examination on May 29. He was admitted to hospital, diagnosed on May 31, and died on July 24.
The command center pointed out that the recently confirmed cases were released from quarantine. Among the 14,372 confirmed cases announced from May 11 to July 25, 12,664 people have been released from quarantine, and the number of people who have been released from quarantine has reached 88.1% of the confirmed cases.
The command center stated that there was one new case of overseas immigration today (Case 15697). He returned to Taiwan from the United States on July 25 and returned to Taiwan from the United States on July 25. He had a negative test report within 3 days before the flight. He entered the country asymptomatic and was at the airport. After quarantine, I went to the epidemic prevention hotel for home quarantine. A fever appeared on July 26 and was diagnosed today. A total of 6 passengers in the two rows before and after the same flight have been listed and placed in home isolation.
According to the command center’s statistics, up to now, a total of 1,948,640 new coronavirus pneumonia-related notifications (including 1,932,430 cases excluded) have been reported in Taiwan
, of which 15,599 cases were confirmed, 1,258 cases of overseas immigration, 14,288 local cases, 36 cases of Dunmu fleet, 2 cases of aircraft infection, 1 case is unknown and 14 cases are under investigation; another 108 cases have been removed as empty numbers. A total of 787 COVID-19 deaths have been reported since 2020, of which 779 are local. The counties and cities of residence are 392 in New Taipei City, 295 in Taipei City, 27 in Keelung City, 24 in Taoyuan City, 14 in Changhua County, and Hsinchu County. 11 cases, 4 cases in Taichung City, 3 cases in Miaoli County, 2 cases each in Yilan County and Hualien County, 1 case each in Taitung County, Yunlin County, Nantou County, Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County; the other 8 cases were imported from abroad.
The command center once again called on the public to implement personal protective measures such as hand hygiene, cough etiquette, and wearing masks, to reduce unnecessary movement, activities or gatherings, and avoid entering and exiting crowded places or areas with a high risk of infection transmission, and be proactive Cooperate with various epidemic prevention measures and jointly strictly guard the community's defense line.
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