Taiwan reported 36,168 new local cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Ten more people have died.
A third of the people with new cases of COVID are from New Taipei, with 12,066 people there testing positive. Another 7,716 people have the disease in Taipei, along with 6,271 in Taoyuan.
The number of cases in other cities and counties is as follows:
Taichung: 1,890
Kaohsiung: 1,737
Keelung: 1,427
Tainan: 923
Yilan County: 686
Hsinchu County: 577
Changhua County: 448
Pingtung: 431
Yunlin: 384
Hualien County: 382
Hsinchu City: 348
Miaoli County: 255
Taitung County: 169
Nantou County: 166
Chiayi County: 130
Chiayi City: 103
Penghu: 39
Lienchiang: 13
Kinmen: 7
Ten more people have died from COVID. The eldest was a woman in her 90s with a history of heart problems, diabetes and kidney disease. She had received two doses of a COVID vaccine.
The youngest was a man in his 30s who had kidney stones. He had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Out of the 36,168 people confirmed with COVID on Friday, 76 have moderate symptoms and 11 have severe symptoms.
Taiwan also recorded 45 imported cases of COVID-19 on Friday.