Taiwan reports 287 COVID-19 cases; holiday travel advised against
06/11/2021 04:29 PM
Friday s COVID-19 press briefing. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, June 11 (CNA) Taiwan reported 287 new COVID-19 cases Friday and 24 new deaths while Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) repeated a call for people not to travel on the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend holiday that starts Saturday.
All but one of the cases were community transmissions in Taiwan.
New Taipei reported 120 cases, the highest number, followed by Miaoli County with 56 and Taipei with 49, according to statistics released by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taoyuan reported 19, Hsinchu County 12, Keelung eight, Changhua County seven, and Taichung four, while three each were reported in Yilan County and Hsinchu City.
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