July 21, 2009--As of July 21, 2009, 24 cases of enterovirus infection with severe complications had been reported and confirmed by Taiwan CDC in 2009. Among these 24 confirmed cases, 20 had been discharged, 1 was in ICU, 1 was in general hospital ward and 2 died. Those confirmed cases were all under 5 except four (see Table 1(pdf file)), and 9 cases were from the northern part of Taiwan, 4 cases the central, and 11 cases the southern. (see Fig. 1(pdf file))
No case was newly confirmed in Week 29 (July 15 to July 21). (see Fig. 2(pdf file))