CECC confirms 185 indigenous COVID-19 cases


PublishTime:2021-06-14
On June 14, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 185 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. All 185 cases are indigenous. The CECC also announced 15 deaths today.

The CECC pointed out that of the 185 indigenous cases, 83 are men and the other 102 are women, aged between under 5 and 99 years old. They began to suffer the onset of symptoms between May 28 and June 13, 2021. Regarding those indigenous cases, New Taipei City reported most cases, at 98, and Taipei City had the second highest number, at 42. Keelung City reported 14 cases; Taoyuan City reported 10; Miaoli County reported 7; Hualien County reported 4; Changhua County and Hsinchu County reported 3 each; Yilan County reported 2; Taichung City and Yunlin County reported 1 each.

Regarding the 15 deaths announced today, they were nine men and six women between 50 and 99 years old.

The CECC reported that a total of 886,014 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 863,703. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 13,106 cases. Of the 13,106 confirmed cases, 1,155 are imported; 11,898 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 92 cases have been removed from the list of confirmed cases. Of the confirmed cases, there have been 452 deaths.