(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) After the Dragon Boat Festival, Taiwan's epidemic rebounded and the number of new cases exceeded 80,000

  China News Agency, Taipei, June 7th. After the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the epidemic in Taiwan rebounded.

According to the "epidemic command center" of the Taiwan authorities announced on the 7th, there were 82,973 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia.

Among the confirmed cases, 106 severe cases and 124 deaths were added.

  According to reports from Taiwanese media such as the Central News Agency, Zhongshi News Network, and United News Network, the death cases announced on the same day were 67 males and 57 females, aged between 5 and over 90 years old, all of which were severe infections and 116 confirmed cases. History of chronic disease, 47 cases were not vaccinated.

Among them, the youngest is a nine-month-old baby girl with no history of chronic diseases. She slept with her mother on May 27 and was found not breathing in the early morning. The nucleic acid test at the hospital was positive, and it was determined to be respiratory failure and infection of the new crown. pneumonia.

  In addition, of the 106 new severe cases, there were two cases in children, both in 1-year-old girls.

At present, there are 39 severe cases of children under 12 years old in Taiwan, of which 17 have died.

  It was also announced that the new local cases were mainly from the counties and cities in central and southern Taiwan.

Among them, Kaohsiung City added nearly 12,600 cases, Taichung City added nearly 12,500 cases, and New Taipei City added 11,500 cases.

Up to now, there have been more than 2.54 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, including more than 2.52 million local cases; a total of 3,214 deaths, including 3,199 local cases.

Since the beginning of this year, there have been more than 2.43 million local confirmed cases and 2,361 deaths in Taiwan.

  Regarding the newly announced confirmed cases that day was significantly higher than that of the previous days, the "command center" official said that this was because of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

In fact, compared with the previous few days, the amount of nucleic acid testing has not changed much, but the number of positive tests for quick screening can only be seen after the clinic opens on Monday, so the number of new diagnoses has changed a lot.

"The epidemic trend is still going down."

  Previously, in order to prevent nosocomial infections in hospitals, people were required to take negative tests before they could be hospitalized or accompany patients.

In view of the spread of the local epidemic, the "command center" adjusted the hospital admission measures from the 7th, saying that confirmed cases meet the conditions for release from isolation, and those who are more than 15 days to 3 months from the date of onset or the date of positive test can be admitted to the hospital or accompanied. Exempt from screening.

The measure has been issued to medical institutions on the 6th, and the applicable personnel include inpatients, escorts, visitors, patients who have been in the emergency room for more than 24 hours and their escorts, medical care personnel, and inspection personnel.

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