August 18, 2009--As of August 18, 2009, 28 cases of enterovirus infection with severe complications had been reported and confirmed by Taiwan CDC in 2009. Among these 28 confirmed cases, 24 had been discharged, 1 was in ICU, 1 was in general hospital ward and 2 died. Those confirmed cases were all under 5 except five (see Table 1(pdf file)), and 12 cases were from the northern part of Taiwan, 4 cases the central, and 12 cases the southern. (see Fig. 1(pdf file))
No case was newly confirmed in Week 33 (August 12 to August 18). (see Fig. 2(pdf file))