Taiwan reports 332 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths (update)
06/01/2021 04:21 PM
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Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Taiwan on Tuesday reported 332 new cases of COVID-19, including 327 domestic infections and five imported ones, with 13 fatalities, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The 13 fatalities were 10 men and three women, aged 60-90, who died between May 24 and 31, the CECC said.
One of the patients who passed away did not die of COVID-19, however, but drowned, CECC spokesperson Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said at a press briefing.
The patient, a man in his 60s, was only confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 after a test was conducted postmortem, and the circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated, Chuang said.
Taiwan reports 332 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths
06/01/2021 02:34 PM
Health Minister Chen Shih-chung hosts Tuesday s COVID-19 press briefing. Photo courtesy of the CECC
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Taiwan on Tuesday reported 332 new cases of COVID-19, including 327 domestic infections and five imported ones, with 13 fatalities, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The domestic cases comprise 262 newly confirmed infections, plus 65 from a backlog of test results confirmed over the past week, the CECC said.
The new cases bring the total in the country to 8,842, of which more than 7,500 are domestic cases reported since May 15.
The 13 fatalities confirmed Tuesday were 10 men and three women, aged 60-90, who died between May 24 and 31, the CECC said.
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC, 中央流行疫情指揮中心) announced on Tuesday 262 new local infections, 5 imported cases, 65 more local cases resulting from reporting backlog and 13 new deaths, bringing the tally of total confirmed cases to 8,842.
COVID-19: Chiang urges suspending high rates
‘A GOOD FIRST STEP’: Higher electricity rates place an extra burden on households, as people work and study from home, and avoid going outside, Johnny Chiang said
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) yesterday called on the government to suspend the implementation of higher summer electricity rates while level 3 COVID-19 restrictions are in place.
With people taking turns going into the office and working from home, schools remaining closed to in-person instruction, and temperatures rising, households are already experiencing an increase in the financial burden from electricity consumption, Chiang wrote on Facebook.
India COVID variant evades immune system more easily: Academia Sinica
06/01/2021 02:04 PM
New Delhi. Anadolu Agency photo May 16, 2021
Taipei, June 1 (CNA) A coronavirus variant first detected in India has mutations that allows it to evade the human immune system more easily than other variants, Academia Sinica, Taiwan s leading research institution, said Monday.
Viruses of the B.1.617 lineage were first reported in India on Oct. 5, 2020 and they have since been found in over 40 countries, the institution s SARS-CoV-2 Variation Monitoring Network said in a report.
Of these B.1.617 mutations, two allow it to evade the immune system more effectively, and a third allows the virus to integrate with human cells more easily, which could enable it to spread faster, Academia Sinica said, citing data from the GISAID global science initiative databank.