(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) On the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of new cases of moderately severe and severe cases in Taiwan hit a high

  China News Agency, Taipei, June 4th. The Taiwan authorities' Epidemic Epidemic Command Center announced on the 4th that there were 68,118 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 33 imported cases.

Among the confirmed cases, there were 496 new severe cases and 152 deaths, both of which hit new highs.

  Based on media reports such as "United Daily News" and China Times News, Chen Shizhong, the head of Taiwan's health and welfare affairs department, said on the 4th that Taiwan has reached the peak of the epidemic; previously, referring to the situation in other parts of the world, it was originally estimated that the peak of the epidemic in Taiwan The number of newly diagnosed cases in a single day can reach 120,000 to 130,000, which is currently lower than the estimated number.

He said it was "people's self-control" to "keep the peak numbers from being too high."

  Among the new deaths that day, including a 1-year-old boy, who suffered from congenital heart disease and was bedridden for a long time; dyspnea and low blood oxygen after diagnosis, died after rescue, and it took less than 4 days from diagnosis to death.

  In addition, among the new critically ill patients, 2 children were suspected of suffering from encephalitis, 5 and 6 years old respectively.

  Up to now, there are a total of 34 cases of moderately severe children in the island, of which 17 cases of encephalitis, 7 cases of pneumonia, 2 cases of sepsis, 3 cases of croup, and 1 case of brain tumor comorbidity.

Among the moderately severe children, 14 died, including 5 cases of encephalitis, 4 cases of death at home, 3 cases of pneumonia, 1 case of sepsis, and 1 case of brain tumor comorbidity.

  Up to now, there are about 2,342,800 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, of which about 2,329,600 are locally confirmed cases; the cumulative number of deaths is 2,815.

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