CECC confirms 14 more COVID-19 cases, including 3 domestic cases and 11 imported cases


PublishTime:2021-09-12
On September 12, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced 14 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. Of the 14 new cases, three are domestic and the other 11 are imported. The CECC reported no deaths today.

Regarding the three new domestic cases, they are two men and one woman, aged between 20 and 79 years old. They began to suffer the onset of symptoms between September 7 and September 9. Regarding those domestic cases, one case each was reported in New Taipei City, Taipei City, and Taoyuan City.

Regarding the 11 new imported cases, they are five men and six women, aged between 10 to 69 years old. They arrived in Taiwan from the United States, Indonesia (four cases), the United Arab Emirates (Dubai; four cases), the UK, and Malaysia. They all arrived on September 10.

The CECC reported that a total of 2,991,387 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 2,973,728. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 16,088 cases. Of the 16,088 confirmed cases, 1,468 are imported; 14,566 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; 14 cases' sources of infection are being investigated, and a cumulative total of 110 cases have been removed from the list of confirmed cases. There have been a cumulative total of 839 COVID-19 deaths since 2020; of the 839 deaths, 829 are from domestic cases and the other 10 are from imported cases.