Taiwan reports 80 new COVID-19 cases, including 8 domestic infections
ROC Central News Agency
03/05/2022 02:39 PM
Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday reported 80 new COVID-19 cases -- eight domestically transmitted and 72 that originated abroad -- and no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
All of the new domestic patients have been linked to recently reported confirmed cases, while three of them tested positive while in quarantine, the CECC said.
Six of the eight cases are classified as breakthrough infections involving people who had receiving at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, while the remaining two are children aged below 12 and are not eligible to receive the vaccine in Taiwan, according to the CECC.
The figures do not include imported cases reclassified as domestic ones, nor retroactively removed cases. As of March 4, Taiwan recorded 856 domestic cases in 2022, while the total number of imported cases rose to 5,284 from 2,375 on Dec. 31.
In addition to the domestic cases, the CECC also reported 72 imported cases on Saturday, 41 of them travelers who tested positive on arrival in Taiwan. The CECC did not release any information regarding the vaccination status of the imported cases.
To date, Taiwan has confirmed 20,797 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 15,459 domestically transmitted infections.
With no deaths reported Saturday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities in the country remained at 853.
(By Kay Liu)
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