According to Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), there are 49 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of those 49 cases, 2 are domestic and 47 are imported. The CECC announced no deaths today.
CECC confirms 2 domestic cases. (Photo / Retrieved from CECC)
Regarding the domestic cases, they are 1 man and 1 woman, aged between below 10 years old and around 20 years old.
Regarding the 47 new imported cases, they are 28 men and 19 women, aged between under 10 and above 70 years old. 18 of them are from the US, 2 from Malaysia, and 1 from the Philippines, Vietnam, South Africa, Netherlands, and Luxembourg each. The remaining 22 cases arrived are being investigated. They arrived between November 24, 2021, to February 6, 2022.
The CECC reported that a total of 5,775,939 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 5,756,095. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 19,192 cases. Of the 19,192 confirmed cases, 3,936 are imported; 15,202 are domestic; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 3 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has unknown sources of infection.
The command center once again appeals to the public that one should keep hands clean, wear a mask, reduce unnecessary travel, activities, or gatherings, avoid entering and leaving crowded places, or areas with high risk of infection transmission, and take the initiative to follow various regulations and stop the potential spread of the highly contagious variant within the community
