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Taipei, June 8 (CNA) Taiwan reported 80,223 new COVID-19 cases 80,195 domestically transmitted and 28 imported infections and 159 deaths from the disease on Wednesday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 344 new moderate-to-severe cases of COVID-19 and 159 deaths, the highest daily number of deaths from the disease.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Director-General Chou Jih-haw (周志浩), head of the CECC’s disease surveillance division, said that 80,195 new local infections were confirmed.
There were also 198 new moderate cases and 146 new severe cases confirmed, said CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division.
Such cases account for 0.2 percent and 0.12 percent respectively of the local cases reported this year, Lo said.
Of the 159 deaths, 157 people had
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