Added 3 dead!Local + 15033 Shuangbei single-day nearly 9,000 confirmed cases – Current Affairs – China Time News

Added 3 dead!Over 10,000 confirmed cases for 3 days

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has exceeded 10,000 for three consecutive days. Today, a total of 15,149 confirmed cases have been added, of which 15,033 were local and 116 were imported from abroad. The increase in the number of cases comes as there are three new deaths in the country today, aged in their 60s and 80s, two of whom received only one dose of the vaccine and one who was not vaccinated. Another 18 cases of moderate and severe cases were added today, of which 15 were moderate and 3 were severe.

The distribution of local cases in counties and cities today is dominated by 5,797 cases in New Taipei City, 3,099 cases in Taipei City, and 2,193 cases in Taoyuan City. 280 in Tainan City, 195 in Hsinchu County, 158 in Changhua County, 147 in Yunlin County, 133 in Pingtung County, 125 in Hsinchu City, 89 in Miaoli County, 79 in Chiayi County, 58 in Taitung County, and 43 in Nantou County There are 33 cases in Chiayi City, 17 cases in Kinmen County, 9 cases in Penghu County and 5 cases in Lianjiang County.

With the increase in the number of cases, there were 3 new deaths from local cases today, 1 male and 2 females, aged in their 60s to 80s, all of them were severe infection cases and had a history of chronic diseases. 1 dose of vaccine, 1 person not vaccinated. The date of diagnosis was between April 18 and April 25, and the date of death was between April 23 and April 25.

Regarding whether the new crown pneumonia will be reduced from the fifth category of statutory infectious diseases to the fourth category in the future, Commander Chen Shizhong said that with such considerations, this day will definitely come, and we must see the timing. As for the mask policy, it is probably not recommended not to wear masks in the future, but some places may not be required to wear them, and will go in this direction.

Of the 74,976 local cases accumulated so far this year, 74,769 were mild or asymptomatic, accounting for 99.72%, 15 were moderate, accounting for 0.2%, and 3 were severe, accounting for 0.03%. So far, 54 people with moderate to severe cases have been released from isolation. So far, there have been 115,883 confirmed cases and 865 deaths in China.

[LIVE]Press Conference of the Command Center. (Zhongshi News Network)

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