Taiwan reported 24,798 new local cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Almost a sixth of the people with new cases of COVID are from New Taipei, with 4,053 people there testing positive. Another 3,565 have the disease in Kaohsiung, along with 3,381 in Taichung.
Another 66 people have died from COVID-19. Most were over the age of 80, and only about 40 percent had taken three doses of a COVID vaccine.
Authorities say another 181 people are suffering from moderate or severe symptoms of the disease.
Taiwan also recorded 59 imported cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.