Taiwan on Tuesday reported six new cases of COVID-19, all contracted overseas, and one death from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

The six new imported cases involved four men and two women, aged between their 20s and 50s, the CECC said.

Five of them were citizens of Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and the United States, the center said, while the other was a Taiwanese who returned to the country on Nov. 3.

To date, Taiwan has confirmed a total of 16,451 COVID-19 cases, of which 14,429 are domestic infections reported since May 15, when the country first recorded more than 100 cases in a single day.

There have only been 123 domestic cases since Aug. 15, however, as daily case numbers have fallen to mostly single digits since then, according to CECC data.

Meanwhile, the sole death on Tuesday involved a woman in her 90s who had a history of chronic illness, the center said, adding that the patient was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on June 1 after developing a sore throat and fever in late May.

She passed away on Oct. 11, it said.

To date, 848 people in Taiwan have died of COVID-19 since the epidemic began, CECC data showed.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel