Taiwan reported 16,936 new local cases and 149 imported cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. Three more people have died.
There were six severe cases including three that died. One of the severe cases is an elderly man over 90 who was not vaccinated. He caught it from a household member and was not willing to get tested earlier. He later discovered he had COVID. Another was a man over 60 with prior health conditions. Another severe case was a man in his 60s who had one vaccine dose. The other three patients are men over 50. Two had been vaccinated while one had three doses.
From April 23- April 29, 9.6% of those tested for COVID have tested positive. Health authorities are also asking people not to go to hospitals to get tested.
Taiwan has seen 85% vaccinated with one dose, 84% with two doses, and 60% have received a booster shot.
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung called on the public to get their vaccine shots as soon as possible
Sunday’s cases by city and county are as follows:
New Taipei 5,810
Taipei 4,134
Taoyuan City 2,784
Taichung City 816
Keelung City 792
Kaohsiung City 436
Tainan City 321
Yilan County 314
Hualien County 275
Changhua County 221
Hsinchu County 191
Pingtung County 185
Hsinchu City 157
Yunlin County 147
Miaoli County 83
Nantou County 76
Taitung County 75
Chiayi County 46
Chiayi City 33
Penghu County 19
Kinmen County 18
Lienchang 3
Taiwan has seen a total of 132,955 cases including 121,515 domestic cases and 868 deaths.