The COVID-19 pandemic has reached a plateau, with cases at a high but stable level, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday, as it announced single-day records of 94,808 domestic infections and 126 deaths.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that infections could stay near the current level for another two weeks before declining.
“Overall, daily cases have remained stable,” he told the CECC’s daily news conference. “They have plateaued in the past week or so. We hope this peak will soon pass.”
Hospital beds earmarked for COVID-19 patients were at 59 percent occupancy and
/ Staff writer, with Reuters and CNAThe COVID-19 pandemic has reached a plateau, with cases at a high but stable level, the Central Epidemic Command Center （CECC） said yesterday, as it announced single-day records of 94,808 domestic infections and 126 deaths.
Taipei, May 8 (CNA) Taiwan has seen a spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in recent months, mostly involving individuals who contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Taipei, May 5 (CNA) Beginning May 12, those in home isolation who return a positive COVID-19 rapid antigen test result will be counted as confirmed infections, Health and Welfare Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) announced at Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) briefing Thursday.