Taiwan yesterday reported 43,510 new COVID-19 cases and 77 deaths from the disease, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said.
On Friday, Taiwan reported 80 COVID-19-related deaths, the most in a single day since the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 became prevalent in late August, CECC data showed.
With the 77 deaths reported yesterday, the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country rose to 11,843 since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, the center said.
The new cases reported yesterday comprised 43,478 domestic cases and 32 imported cases, the CECC said in a statement.
The center also reported 78 cases that were classified as severe and 190 as moderate.
Among the newly reported severe cases was a 13-year-old boy, who has a nervous system disease and had received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC’s spokesman, said in a video released by the center.
The boy on Wednesday last week developed a fever and had spasms, and was admitted to an emergency room, where he tested positive for COVID-19, Chuang said.
He was found to have pneumonia, hypoxemia and gastric bleeding, Chuang said, adding that he was being treated in an intensive care unit.
Twenty cases of severe complications from COVID-19 have been recorded among teenagers in Taiwan, six of whom have died, Chuang said, adding that 247 children aged 12 or younger have been recorded as severe cases of the disease, of whom 36 have died.
New Taipei City yesterday reported the most new cases, with 8,324, followed by Taichung with 5,486, Kaohsiung with 4,661, Taoyuan with 4,475, Taipei with 4,301 and Tainan with 3,437, the center said.
Changhua County reported 2,294 cases, Pingtung County 1,443, Hsinchu County 1,103, Yunlin County 1,086, Miaoli County 1,060, Hsinchu City 961, Yilan County 823 and Chiayi County 750, it said.
Nantou County reported 742 cases, Keelung 711, Hualien County 584, Chiayi City 533, Taitung County 351, Kinmen County 172, Penghu County 162 and Lienchiang County 19, it said.
Taiwan has recorded 7,142,418 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, including 35,703 imported cases, CECC data showed.
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