Taiwan reported 5,092 new local cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The single-day infection number broke the 5,000 mark for the first time. There were also 80 imported cases reported and no deaths.
Most of the cases, 99.6%, reported this year have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Of the 26,374 cases this year, 88 have moderate symptoms and eight have severe symptoms.
In Taiwan, 84.5% have had one COVID vaccine dose, 79.8% had a second dose, 58% had a third dose.
When questioned about the potential outbreak, health minister Chen Shih-chung says that Taiwan could have at the most 3.5 million to 5 million cases of COVID and the government is preparing relevant drugs and supplies for treatment.
Chen also reminded the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The number of new cases by city and county is as follows:
New Taipei City 1,731
Taoyuan City 1,071
Taipei 1,027
Keelung City 301
Hualien County 182
Taichung City 150
Kaohsiung City 147
Yilan County 122
Hsinchu County 57
Changhua County 56
Tainan City 47
Pingtung County 40
Yunlin County 38
Taitung County 29
Miaoli County 24
Hsinchu City 20
Chiayi City 17
Chiayi County 15
Nantou County 11
Kinmen 4
Lienchiang 2
Penghu 1