CECC confirms 286 indigenous COVID-19 cases and 1 imported case


On June 11, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 287 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of the 287 new cases, 286 are indigenous and the other one is imported.

The CECC pointed out that of the 286 indigenous cases, 141 are men and the other 145 are women, aged between under 5 and 99 years old. They began to suffer the onset of symptoms between May 19 and June 10, 2021. Regarding those indigenous cases, New Taipei City reported most cases, at 120, and Miaoli County had the second highest number, at 56. Taipei City reported 49 cases; Taoyuan City reported 19; Hsinchu County reported 12; Keelung City reported 8; Changhua County reported 7; Taichung City reported 4; Yilan County and Hsinchu City reported 3 each; Yunlin County and Hualien County reported 2 each, and Tainan City reported 1.

Regarding the 24 deaths announced today, they were 12 men and 12 women between 50 and 89 years old.

Regarding the new imported case, Case #12479 is an over 30-year-old male migrant worker from Thailand. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 in Thailand on February 7. He traveled to Taiwan for work on March 23. He was tested for COVID-19 on April 7 after completing the quarantine period, and he tested negative. He developed a fever and cough on June 8, and underwent a COVID-19 test on June 10. Infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in the case on June 11 (the CT value was 31; he tested negative after given an RT-PCR test the next day, and he tested positive for antibodies).

The CECC reported that a total of 804,931 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 781,334. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 12,500 cases. Of the 12,500 confirmed cases, 1,153 are imported; 11,294 are indigenous; 36 are naval crew members aboard the Panshi fast combat support ship; 2 are infections on an aircraft; 1 case has unknown sources of infection; 14 cases' sources of infection are being investigated; and a cumulative total of 87 cases (including 9 newly added) have been removed from the list of confirmed cases. Of the confirmed cases, there have been 385 deaths.

 

發佈日期 2021/6/11