(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Taiwan added 16,936 new local cases with an average positive rate of 9.63% across Taiwan
China News Agency, Taipei, May 1 The “epidemic epidemic command center” of the radio authority announced on May 1 that there were 16,936 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, reaching a new high; another 149 new imported cases and 3 deaths were added. case. The total number of new diagnoses increased by about 12% from the previous day.
According to media reports such as “United Daily News” and China Times News, the average positive rate in Taiwan from April 23 to 29 was 9.63%, of which Taipei City was 14.78% and New Taipei City was 21.98%, which was higher than the average. Among the newly confirmed cases on the 1st, the total number of new cases in New Taipei and Taipei reached 9,944. The person in charge of the “epidemic epidemic command center” said on the same day that the current epidemic situation in Taiwan has not yet reached the “highest point”, and it is expected that the peak of the epidemic will be in the middle and late May.
As the epidemic heats up, many people who tested positive for quick screening recently went to the emergency department of the hospital for nucleic acid testing, resulting in overcrowded emergency departments, a sharp increase in workload, and even the death of sick infants due to delayed treatment. On April 28, a 6-month-old baby in New Taipei had a high fever, but the emergency department asked his father to wait in line for treatment. After waiting for about an hour, the baby’s condition suddenly worsened, and the first aid failed and unfortunately died. After the unfortunate incident, medical experts on the island once again called on the authorities to streamline the notification process for notifiable infectious diseases to avoid crowding out urgent and critical medical needs.
As of the 1st, a total of 132,955 new coronary pneumonia cases have been confirmed in Taiwan, including 121,515 local cases and 868 deaths. (Finish)