Taiwan recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, all of which were imported, and they included two breakthrough infections, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Noting that it was the fourth times without any confirmed domestic infections since Sept. 27, the CECC said no deaths from the disease had been reported Saturday either.
Among the 10 new imported cases, two were patients who had been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in February and August, respectively, CECC official Lo Yi-chun (???) said at a press briefing.
Three others had received a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine before their arrival in Taiwan, he said.
The 10 patients, ranging in age from their teens to 30s, arrived in Taiwan in the period Sept. 17-30, according to the CECC.
Four of them were Taiwanese nationals who returned from Japan, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam, the CECC said.
The other six were citizens of Nicaragua, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Malaysia and Somaliland, respectively, according to the CECC.
With the confirmation of the 10 new COVID-19 cases, the total number in Taiwan has increased to 16,244, with 1,609 listed as imported.
Of the 14,581 domestic cases, 14,417 have been reported since May 15, when the country first recorded more than 100 cases in a single day.
Since Aug. 15, however, the daily number of domestic cases has fallen to mostly single digits, totaling 114, and there have been no new infections in the past four days, according to CECC data.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the country remained at 843, with all but 12 recorded since May 15, the data showed.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel
