Taiwan reports 187 local COVID cases, 1 imported case from India, 21 deaths

The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, 中央流行疫情指揮中心) on Friday (June 18) reported 187 new local COVID-19 cases, marking the sixth day that fewer than 200 cases were reported.

Health Minister and CECC head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced 188 new coronavirus cases, including one imported infection from India and 187 local ones along with 21 deaths, bringing the country's death toll to 518.

Taiwan reports 187 local COVID cases, 1 imported case from India, 21 deaths. (Source from CECC) 

The latest local cases include 83 males and 104 females between the ages of 5 and 90, with the dates of symptom onset and testing ranging from May 29 to June 17. Of these cases, 76 were in New Taipei City, 71 in Taipei, 26 in Miaoli County, 6 in Taoyuan City, 4 in Keelung City, 2 in Taichung City, and 1 case in Hualien County and Hsinchu County respectively.

Chen said the 21 coronavirus-related deaths reported on Friday include 12 men and 9 women between the ages of 50 and 90. The dates of symptom onset and testing ranged from May 6 to June 13.The dates of diagnosis ranged between May 19 and June 15, while the dates of death ranged from June 10-16.

Chen pointed out that among the 12,210 cases announced between May 11 and June 16, 6,873 have been released from quarantine. This means the ratio of those released from quarantine has reached 56.3 percent of confirmed cases.

Friday's sole imported infection, case No. 13,801, is an Indian ship crew member in his 30s who came to Taiwan on March 5 for work and went to sea on April 3. When he returned to a port in Taiwan on June 16, he underwent a coronavirus test as he was preparing to leave the country and was diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 18.

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