The local epidemic has reached a new high, with a surge of 104 local cases today. Since June 24 last year, Taiwan has once again experienced three-digit local confirmed cases. Chen Shizhong, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the number of local cases increased today, including the Zhonghe apartment cluster in Xinbei and the snack bar cluster in Keelung, which increased by 23 and 21, respectively. Taichung wedding banquet also broke out another 12 cases. Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital The case of a nurse has extended to 6 people, and a new workplace cluster in Taoyuan’s online shopping workshop was added. 22 people were diagnosed overnight.
Chen Shizhong pointed out that the 104 local cases are 45 males and 59 females, aged between under 5 years old and in their 80s. There were 20 cases in Keelung City, 12 in Taipei City, 40 in New Taipei City, 20 in Taoyuan City, 1 in Hsinchu County, 2 in Taichung, 4 in Changhua County, 2 in Kaohsiung, and 3 in Hualien County. Among them, 92 people were diagnosed in the four counties and cities of Beibeijitao.
The Keelung snack bar cluster has increased by 21 cases today, with a total of 115 cases, including a few lines that were not clear yesterday, all of which are extended to the Keelung snack bar today. Chen Shizhong said, “I think there will continue to be cases!” In the future, community screening will be implemented to find out possible sources of transmission as soon as possible.
The Zhonghe Apartment cluster in New Taipei has increased by 23 cases today. The most important thing is that 18 cases were found in the community screening station. Taoyuan Dance Classroom, Changhua Pet Store, Taitung Shakya Garden were also found. Whether it is genetic sequence or footprints, all of them are in Zhonghe Apartment. Clustering is related, but it will take some time to sort out the relationship.
A new studio in Taoyuan gathered 22 people today. Chen Shizhong said that this was a sudden increase yesterday afternoon. The Taoyuan City Government quickly investigated employees and their families and found that many employees and their families were infected. There were 7 cases in employees, almost all of them in the studio, and 13 in their family members. infected and 2 contacts.
Nursing staff at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital (case 23529) added 6 new confirmed cases, 3 of them were medical staff, 3 were patients seeking medical treatment or accompanying family members. On March 27, a tour group of 9 adults and 5 children went to Hualien. Case 23740 went to Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital for medical treatment with symptoms, fever and cramps. There is a contact relationship between them. The latest situation of the tour group has also been confirmed by other people, but the information has not been sent to the command center.
There were 12 new cases of wedding gatherings in Taichung, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 25, of which 2 were residents of Taichung and the rest were from other counties and cities.
The remaining new cases include: 3 cases in Xinbei Shulin Science and Technology Factory, 1 case in Taoyuan Dataan Power Plant, yin and yang during the interim period, 1 case in Taoyuan dance teacher group, 1 case in Sanchong salesperson group, 2 cases in Kaohsiung Chemical Plant group , and another 11 newly notified cases are under investigation.
Another 132 cases of immigration were added today, including 71 males, 59 females, and 2 cases in the investigation, ranging in age from under 5 years old to over 70 years old, 23 cases in Indonesia, 13 cases in Vietnam, 9 cases in Thailand, and 2 cases in the United States. 7 cases, 4 cases each in Hong Kong and Singapore, 3 cases each in Malaysia, South Korea, the Philippines and France, 2 cases each in Italy, India and Switzerland, 1 case each in the Czech Republic, Finland, China, Japan and the United Kingdom, and 49 cases are under investigation . The entry date is from February 22 to March 31, today (2022).
Up to now, a total of 23,629 confirmed cases have been confirmed in China, including 7,602 imported cases, 15,973 local cases, 36 Dunmu Fleet cases, 3 aircraft infections, 1 unknown case, and 14 cases under investigation; there are no new empty cases, and a total of 136 migrant cases. Except for the empty number. A total of 853 deaths have occurred since 2020, of which 839 were local and 14 were imported.