Taiwan on Saturday reported four new cases of COVID-19, all contracted overseas, including two breakthrough infections involving people who had been fully vaccinated, but no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

The four imported cases involved foreign nationals from the United Kingdom, Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan, the CECC said.

They were aged between their teens and 50s, and all tested positive for COVID-19 before the end of their mandatory 14-day quarantine in Taiwan, it said.

During a daily press briefing, CECC Emergency Response Group Deputy Division Director Lo Yi-chun (???) remarked that there were two breakthrough infections among the four confirmed cases on Saturday.

One had already received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, while the other had two doses of the Moderna vaccine, Lo said.

To date, Taiwan has confirmed a total of 16,479 COVID-19 cases, of which 14,426 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.

With no new deaths reported Saturday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 fatalities in the country remains at 848, with all but 12 recorded since May 15, CECC data showed.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel