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Taiwan reports 25,009 COVID-19 cases, 22 deaths

ROC Central News Agency

01/03/2023 03:15 PM

Taipei, Jan. 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command (CECC) reported 25,009 new COVID-19 infections and 22 deaths from the disease Tuesday.

The new cases represented a 0.9-percent increase from the same day a week earlier, CECC data showed.

Case numbers are compared on a week-on-week basis because of variations in reported numbers depending on the day of the week.

The deceased reported on Tuesday ranged in age from their 50s to their 90s. All but five had underlying health conditions, while 12 were unvaccinated against COVID-19, the CECC said.

Moderate and severe cases

Also on Tuesday, the CECC reported 12 new cases classified as moderate and 15 as severe, including one case of pneumonia and two cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

The CECC said the pneumonia case involved a 10-year-old girl who had gotten one vaccine jab and had a nervous system disease. She has improved after being treated but she remains under observation in intensive care.

The two MIS-C cases involved a 4-year-old unvaccinated boy and a 1-year-old child who had gotten two vaccine jabs, neither of whom had previous health issues, the CECC said.

Both of them were discharged from hospitals after responding positively to treatment, the CECC said.

Among the 293 severe cases of COVID-19 involving children 12 or under, 194 children developed MIS-C and 31 developed pneumonia, and 40 have died.

Regional breakdown

Regionally, New Taipei recorded the highest number of new cases with 4,796, followed by Taichung with 3,231 and Taipei with 2,795.

Kaohsiung reported 2,622 new cases, Taoyuan 2,399, Tainan 2,149, Changhua 1,298, Hsinchu County 725, Hsinchu City 608, Miaoli 599 and Yunlin 557.

Pingtung had 541 cases, Nantou 412, Chiayi County 400, Keelung 360, Yilan 337, Chiayi City 289, Hualien 170, Kinmen 169, Taitung 107, Penghu 78 and the Matsu Islands seven, the CECC said.

To date, Taiwan has recorded 8,914,351 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 40,731 classified as imported.

With the 22 deaths reported on Tuesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities in the country rose to 15,321.

(By Chao Yen-hsiang)

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