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Taiwan reports single-digit COVID-19 cases for 2nd straight day

ROC Central News Agency

08/09/2021 03:59 PM

Taipei, Aug. 9 (CNA) Taiwan on Monday reported eight new cases of COVID-19, the first time there have been back-to-back days with single digit cases in the country since mid-May.

Of the eight new cases, four were transmitted domestically and four were contracted overseas, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

Monday marks the first time there have been consecutive days with single digit numbers since the nationwide COVID-19 alert was raised to Level 2 on May 11, CECC data showed.

On Sunday, Taiwan recorded seven new cases -- four transmitted domestically and three contracted overseas, according to the CECC.

Of the four domestic cases reported Monday, two were in Taipei and one each in New Taipei and Kaohsiung.

The case reported in Kaohsiung has a known source of infection, while the three others are still under investigation, according to Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC.

The four deaths reported Monday were three men and one woman, in their 40s to 80s, who passed away between Aug. 2 and Aug. 8, according to the CECC.

The four imported cases, meanwhile, involved three men and one woman in their 20s-40s who arrived in Taiwan Aug. 6 and Aug. 7 from Malaysia and the United States, according to the CECC.

The new cases bring the total in the country to 15,790, of which 14,279 are domestic infections reported since May 15, when the country first recorded more than 100 COVID-19 cases in a single day.

Of the 14,576 cases reported from May 11 to Aug. 7, 89.8 percent, or 13,096 people have been discharged from quarantine facilities after recovering, according to Chen.

To date, 813 people have died of COVID-19 in Taiwan, with all but 12 recorded since May 15.

Around 36.95 percent of Taiwan's 23.5 million population have received one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Chen.

(By Chen Chieh-ling and Evelyn Kao)

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Note: Taiwan's vaccine rollout began on March 22, first with doses from AstraZeneca, then with Moderna doses starting on June 9. More AstraZeneca doses have been administered than have been officially received because medical workers can sometimes get more than the standard 10 shots from a vial.