Taiwan reports 68 new COVID-19 cases, including 14 domestic
ROC Central News Agency
02/17/2022 02:28 PM
Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) Taiwan reported 68 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, consisting of 14 domestically transmitted cases and 54 originating from abroad, and no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The 14 new domestic cases involved 5 men and 9 women ranging in age from under 5 years old to their 90s, with 10 of the cases linked to a cluster involving employees at a Taipei real estate agency, the CECC said.
Of the new domestic infections, 10 were fully vaccinated, two had received no vaccine jabs, while the vaccination status of two cases is still under investigation, the CECC said.
In addition to the domestic cases, Taiwan also reported 54 imported cases on Thursday, involving people who arrived in Taiwan from the United States, Vietnam, Australia, France, India, the Philippines, Ukraine, Chad, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia, Japan and Cambodia.
To date, Taiwan has confirmed 19,797 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 15,353 domestically transmitted infections.
With no deaths reported on Thursday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the country remains at 852.
(By Christie Chen)
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