Remote medical consultation services provided to all COVID-19 cases during home quarantine are to be restricted to high-risk groups in a reallocation of health resources, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday.
Starting on Sunday, only people aged 65 or older and 12 or younger, or those with severe secondary health problems, are to be granted service during the five-day mandatory quarantine, said Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division.
Those groups are to be allowed remote consultation and health evaluations with their treating physicians, Lo said in a daily briefing.
Other home-care measures for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases remain unchanged, including remote medicine prescription and delivery, he said.
More than 53 percent of beds reserved for COVID-19 cases remain empty, CECC statistics showed.
The CECC yesterday reported 22,937 new COVID-19 cases, with 284 imported, and 48 deaths from the disease.
The deceased ranged in age from their 20s to their 90s. All but four had underlying health issues, while 27 were not fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the CECC said.
The CECC said 107 of yesterday’s reported cases were moderate and 48 were severe.
Regionally, New Taipei City recorded the highest number of new cases, at 4,676, followed by Taichung with 2,917 and Kaohsiung with 2,707.
Taoyuan reported 2,520 new cases, Taipei 2,485, Tainan 1,797, Changhua County 875, Hsinchu County 678, Miaoli County 591, Hsinchu City 572, Pingtung County 507 and Yunlin County 423.
Keelung had 361 cases, Nantou County 326, Yilan County 323, Chiayi County 319, Chiayi City 181, Hualien County 157, Taitung County 97, Kinmen County 88, Penghu County 49 and Lienchiang County four, the CECC said.
Taiwan to date has recorded 9,146,104 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 44,178 classified as imported.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths yesterday rose to 15,702.
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