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Local confirmed cases have dropped below 40,000, a 10% increase over last Saturday


On the 17th, the Central Epidemic Command Center announced that there were 39,394 new domestic cases and 234 cases imported into China. (Photo by Ji Zhixiang)

The local outbreak of new coronary pneumonia yesterday dropped below 40,000, with a total of 39,394 new local and 234 imported cases. Among the confirmed cases, 175 moderate to severe cases and 40 deaths were added, including 1 girl with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Another first batch of Moderna’s next-generation vaccines arrived in Taiwan the night before, and another batch of around 800,000 doses of next-generation vaccines will arrive tonight.

Zhuang Renxiang, a spokesman for the command center, said the number of local cases yesterday decreased by 2,036, or 4.9%, compared to the day before. Compared to last Saturday there were 3,800 more cases, with an increase of 10.7%. New Taipei recorded the largest number of 8,583 new cases in a single day, followed by Taichung with 5,019 cases, Taipei with 4,603 cases, Taoyuan with 4,360 cases and Kaohsiung with 3,131 cases.

Yesterday there were 175 new cases of moderate and severe cases, including 136 moderate and 39 severe. Among the serious cases, there is a case of MIS-C, an 8-year-old girl with no history of chronic disease, without vaccination and without diagnosis. On 29 August he had a fever of 40 degrees and sore throat, on 31 he went to the emergency room, cardiac ultrasound showed that the right coronary artery was enlarged, the PCR test was negative, and the N antibody was positive, which was consistent with the diagnosis of MIS-C. After the treatment, her condition improved and he was discharged from the hospital on 6 September.

There are currently 212 severe cases in children, including 31 cases of encephalitis, 23 cases of pneumonia, 1 case of myocarditis, 3 cases of sepsis, 11 cases of croup, 7 cases of home death, 133 cases of MIS-C, and 3 cases of comorbidities.

Yesterday there were 40 new deaths, between the ages of 50 and 90, all were serious infections, including 38 had a history of chronic disease and 22 had received no more than 3 doses of the vaccine. As of 2020, there have been a total of 5,930,927 confirmed cases and 10,509 deaths in China.

The first batch of 804,000 doses of Moderna’s next-generation vaccine arrived in Taiwan the night before, and the Food and Drug Administration began inspecting and sealing the vaccines with supplemental supplements. Commander Wang Bisheng said another batch of about 800,000 doses of next-generation vaccines will arrive around 11:30 pm tonight.

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