Taiwan reported 27,547 new local cases of COVID-19 on Friday.
More than a sixth of the people with new cases of COVID are from New Taipei, with 4,785 people there testing positive. Another 3,747 have the disease in Taichung, along with 3,638 in Kaohsiung.
Another 74 people have died from COVID-19. Most were over the age of 80, and only about a third had taken three doses of a COVID vaccine.
Authorities say another 158 people are suffering from moderate or severe symptoms of the disease.
Taiwan also recorded 47 imported cases of COVID-19 on Friday.