Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 27,594 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, all but 47 domestically transmitted, and 74 deaths from the disease.

The deceased ranged in age from their 40s to their 90s, and all but four had underlying health issues, while 29 were unvaccinated against COVID-19, the CECC said.

Meanwhile, the CECC reported 101 new cases classified as moderate and 57 as severe.

There were no new reported cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) on Friday.

So far, there have been 171 reported cases of MIS-C among the 261 children in Taiwan aged 12 and under who had contracted severe COVID-19 infections, the CECC said.

Regional breakdown

Regionally, New Taipei reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases Friday, with 4,785, followed by Taichung with 3,747, and Kaohsiung with 3,638.

Taoyuan reported 2,787 new cases, Tainan 2,503, Taipei 2,479, Changhua 1,380, Pingtung 900, Hsinchu County 717, Yunlin 645, Miaoli 606, Hsinchu City 598 and Chiayi County 574.

Nantou had 483 cases, Yilan 425, Keelung 355, Chiayi City 346, Hualien 295, Taitung 163, Kinmen 75, Penghu 36 and the Matsu Islands 10 cases, the CECC said.

Taiwan has recorded 7,837,658 COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, including 7,801,030 domestic cases.

With the 74 deaths reported Friday, the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Taiwan rose to 13,084, according to the CECC.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel