China News Service, May 7. According to Taiwan's United News Network, Taiwan's new crown pneumonia epidemic continues to spread. The Taiwan authorities' education department released a statistical table of student diagnoses on the 6th. The total number of confirmed cases in schools at all levels has reached 32,193, exceeding 30,000. , and compared with yesterday, there were 4186 more cases, and 1958 schools in 22 counties and cities were closed.
The latest statistics from Taiwan's education department show that from April 20 last year to May 6 this year at 15:40 pm, there have been 32,193 confirmed cases of students in schools at all levels in Taiwan. There were 11,318 cases, followed by universities (7,448 cases), kindergartens (5,397 cases), high schools (4,698 cases), and junior high schools (3,341 cases).
In addition, due to the continuous increase in the number of confirmed cases of students and the scarcity of epidemic prevention capacity in universities, the education department on the 5th allowed colleges and universities to conduct online teaching drills based on the principle of 2 weeks, and schools within 2 weeks of the drill period did not need to report to the education department.
According to statistics, schools currently adopting online teaching drills include National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Chung Cheng University, Cultural University, Yuanzhi University and Shih Hsin University.
In addition, according to the information reported by the education department of the county and city education bureaus and colleges and universities, as of 15:00 on the 6th, statistics have reached 1,958 schools in 22 counties and cities that have adopted measures to suspend classes, and the number is approaching 2,000.