On July 2, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 58 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of the 58 new cases, 57 are indigenous and the other one is imported. The CECC also announced 15 deaths today.
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July 2: 58 new cases. (57 local cases and 1 imported case from Hungary) (Photo / Provided by the CDC)
The CECC pointed out that of the 57 indigenous cases, 25 are men and the other 32 are women, aged between under 5 to 99 years old. Regarding those indigenous cases, Taipei City reported most cases, at 29, and New Taipei City had the second highest number, at 15. Hsinchu County reported 4 cases; Taoyuan City and Keelung City reported 3 cases each; Taichung City reported 2 cases, and Hsinchu City reported 1 case.
Regarding the 15 deaths announced today, they were eight men and seven women between 40 and 89 years old.
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Regarding the new imported case, Case #14975 is a Taiwanese female in her 50s.
The CECC reported that a total of 1,411,572 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 1,395,446. There have been a cumulative total of 676 COVID-19 deaths since 2020; of the 676 deaths, 668 are indigenous cases and the other 8 are imported.
