Taiwan reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases, no deaths
ROC Central News Agency
12/21/2021 02:32 PM
Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) Taiwan on Tuesday reported 10 new cases of COVID-19, all contracted overseas, and no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The new cases involved seven Taiwanese and three foreign nationals, who traveled to Taiwan between Nov. 22 and Dec.19 from Colombia, the United States, Cambodia, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia, the CECC said.
To date, Taiwan has confirmed a total of 16,826 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, of which 14,435 are domestic infections reported since May 15, 2021, when the country first recorded more than 100 cases in a single day.
Daily domestic case numbers have fallen to mostly single digits or zero since Aug. 15. Nine such cases have been reported in December so far, including seven linked to cluster infections at quarantine hotels in Taipei and Taoyuan.
With no new deaths reported Tuesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the country remains at 850, with all but 12 recorded since May 15. Taiwan last reported a COVID-19-related death on Dec. 19, according to the CECC.
(By Chiang Yi-ching)
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1. More AstraZeneca doses have been administered than have been officially received because medical workers can sometimes get more than the standard number of shots from a vial. 2. The numbers of vaccine doses received have been updated with a batch of 738,400 AstraZeneca doses delivered to Taiwan on Dec. 21.
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