China News Service, September 13. According to Taiwan's "China Times" report, the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center completed the genetic sequencing of 174 local cases last week, of which 88 were BA.5, accounting for 50.6%.
Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, said that BA.5 accounted for more than half of the cases, but it did not completely replace BA.2.
Luo Yijun explained that 88 local cases of BA.5 were detected in the gene sequencing results last week, most of which were concentrated in the northern and central regions; including the death of a woman in her 60s announced on the 9th, who was not vaccinated and was the first in the island. 2 BA.5 deaths, only 3 days from diagnosis to death.
He explained that the gene sequencing of 174 local cases was completed last week, and BA.5 accounted for 50.6%. It has become the mainstream variant of Omicron on the island, but it has not completely replaced BA.2, but has grown and grown with each other.
On the 12th, the Taiwan Epidemic Command Center announced 25,346 new local cases, 237 new imported cases, and 28 new deaths.
The distribution of local cases is 5,205 in New Taipei, followed by 3,006 in Taipei, 2,946 in Taichung, 2,699 in Taoyuan, 2,054 in Kaohsiung, and 1,549 in Tainan.
According to the statistics of the command center, the number of confirmed cases last week was 237,000, an increase of 8.2% compared with the 35th week, 24.5% increase in the 35th week compared with the 34th week, and a 15.5% increase in the 34th week compared with the 33rd week.
Wang Bisheng, commander of the command center, said that the epidemic is still on the rise, but the increase is relatively small, presumably due to the holiday effect, and it is necessary to closely observe the trend of the epidemic this week.