China News Service, June 9. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", Taiwan announced on the 8th that there were 159 new deaths from new coronary pneumonia, a new high. The ten thousandth line of defense set by the commander of the command center, Chen Shizhong.

Huang Limin, director of the National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, said that the death rate of the new crown epidemic on the island should be almost 10 per 10,000, but the number of deaths should remain at the peak for a while.

  The Taiwan Epidemic Command Center also announced on the 8th that there were 2,512,968 confirmed cases this year, and a total of 3,123 reported deaths; but only 2,520 of the more than 3,000 deaths reported were included in the announced death count, of which 603 were not included.

  Reasons not listed include the most cases in which the new crown was diagnosed as other causes of death in the death certificate, with 271 cases; 227 cases without new coronary pneumonia in the death certificate, 50 cases with suspicious data or need to be collected, accident There are 39 cases of suicide or suicide, and there are 16 cases with a longer time interval between diagnosis and death.

  Chen Xiuxi, a professor of public health at National Taiwan University, pointed out that before June 5, most of the infected people were young and middle-aged adults, and a large number of young people were infected. For example, the infection rate of 25-29 years old was 15%, followed by 30-34 years old, 1 4 years old, 5 to 9 years old, all are 14%, as for 50 to 59 years old only 8%, 60 to 69 years old only 7%, and 70 years old and above only 6%, which is obviously low.

  Chen Xiuxi said that young people have a higher infection rate and become an umbrella for the entire society, which can also protect the elderly and children.

At present, the infection rate of the elderly is about 6 to 7%, and the number of confirmed cases may continue to rise. It is necessary to carefully observe the changes in the fatality rate. It is expected that the number of moderately severe cases and the number of deaths will not decline until after six months.