16 new domestic COVID-19 cases linked to clusters of unknown origin
ROC Central News Agency
02/27/2022 05:19 PM
Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) The 16 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections Taiwan reported on Sunday were all linked to previously recorded clusters of unknown origin, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
New domestic cases
Eleven of the new domestic cases are Taoyuan residents, and include children who attend the same preschool, relatives of these children, and a teacher who works at an elementary school attended by one of the preschool children's siblings, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.
These individuals were tested after a student at the preschool tested positive on Saturday along with his parents, Chuang said.
The new cases on Sunday bring the total in the cluster to 14 cases. The source of the cluster is unknown, according to the CECC.
The remaining five domestic cases are residents of New Taipei, of which one is related to a cluster of unknown source that has recorded 47 cases to date, the majority of which are members of a religious group who dined together at a Taipei restaurant on Feb. 13, Chuang said.
The other four cases in the northern city are a hotpot restaurant employee and his parents and sister, Chuang said.
The employee was tested after health authorities found that a man who tested positive on Friday for COVID-19 had dined at the restaurant prior to his diagnosis. Another employee at the restaurant was confirmed with the disease on Saturday.
The cluster, which so far involves seven cases, also has an unknown origin.
There are currently eight clusters or individual cases with unknown origins in Taiwan being monitored by the CECC.
Of the new domestic cases recorded Sunday, six had received either two or three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine; two had received one dose; and eight were unvaccinated, six of which were children under 10 years old, according to the CECC.
Imoported cases
In addition to the domestic cases, Taiwan also reported 44 imported cases on Sunday, 20 of which were travelers who tested positive upon arrival in Taiwan. The CECC did not release any information regarding the vaccination status of the imported cases.
To date, Taiwan has confirmed 20,433 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 15,426 domestically transmitted infections.
With no deaths reported Sunday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities in the country remains at 853.
(By Chiang Yi-ching)
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