The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 46,484 new COVID-19 cases and 57 deaths, including a one-year-old who was not vaccinated.
The deceased ranged in age from younger than two to older than 90. All but four had underlying health issues and 33 had not received any COVID-19 vaccine doses, the CECC said in a statement.
The one-year-old had no prior health issues and tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday last week, said Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division.
The boy developed a cough and a fever on Sept. 24, and was hospitalized on Wednesday last week after having convulsions.
He was diagnosed with hydrocephalus and encephalitis following a computerized tomography scan, and passed away in the hospital’s intensive care unit on Friday last week, Lo said.
Parents should immediately seek medical attention if their child experiences convulsions, loss of consciousness, difficulty breathing, white or purple lips, cold limbs, or a cold sweat following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, Lo said.
Prompt medical treatment should be sought for COVID-19 cases with a fever above 39°C or lasting more than 48 hours, or persistent shortness of breath, vomiting, headaches, mobility issues and abdominal pain after a fever subsides, he added.
The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Taiwan has reached 11,337, the CECC said.
The center also reclassified 61 cases as severe and 150 as moderate.
One of the severe cases is an unvaccinated three-year-old boy who developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), Lo said.
The child contracted COVID-19 in June. He was hospitalized on Thursday last week and discharged on Wednesday after responding positively to treatment, he said.
New Taipei City had the highest number of new infections with 9,281, followed by Taichung with 5,867, Taipei with 5,201, Taoyuan with 4,963, Kaohsiung with 4,485 and Tainan with 3,421 cases.
Changhua County had 2,391 new cases, Pingtung County had 1,232, Hsinchu County had 1,195, Miaoli County had 1,148, Yilan County had 1,126, Yunlin County had 1,055, Hsinchu City had 913 and Keelung had 844 cases.
Chiayi County reported 796 new cases, followed by Nantou County with 748, Hualien County with 614, Chiayi City with 463, Taitung County with 365, Kinmen County with 146, Penghu County with 145 and Lienchiang County with 24 cases.
Taiwan has recorded 6,731,939 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 35,188 classified as imported.
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