CECC confirms 9 more imported COVID-19 cases


PublishTime:2021-11-15

On November 15, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced nine new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Taiwan. All those cases are imported. The CECC announced no deaths today.

Regarding the nine new imported cases, they are five men and four women, aged between 10 to 49 years old. They arrived in Taiwan from the US, Indonesia (six cases), Germany, and Saint Christopher and Nevis. They arrived between October 30 and November 13.

The CECC reported that a total of 4,214,628 cases related to COVID-19 have been reported in Taiwan among which COVID-19 has been ruled out in 4,197,177. Of these reported cases, infection with COVID-19 was laboratory-confirmed in 16,496 cases. Of the 16,496 confirmed cases, 1,852 are imported; 14,590 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 111 cases have been removed from the list of confirmed cases. There have been a cumulative total of 848 COVID-19 deaths since 2020; of the 848 deaths, 836 are from domestic cases and the other 12 are from imported cases.