CECC reports 29 local COVID-19 cases
TRACING TROUBLE: An infected man who had said that all his children were abroad was found to have a daughter in Kaohsiung who tested positive, the center said
By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported a new daily record of 29 local COVID-19 cases, including seven cases with unknown sources of infection.
Of the 29 cases, 16 are linked to tea houses in Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華), Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, told a news briefing in Taipei.
The 16 are tea house workers or visitors, or their contacts, the CECC said.
Disinfection workers in Taipei s Wanhua District. CNA photo May 12, 2021
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) Taiwan on Thursday reported a total of 25 new COVID-19 cases, 13 of which were confirmed to be domestic infections, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Nine of the 13 domestic cases are contacts of a COVID-19 patient confirmed May 11, who lives in New Taipei s Luzhou District. The new cases are seven men and two women, aged 30-90, who were tested because they ate at the same restaurant as the COVID-19 patient prior to him testing positive, the CECC said.
Ten other contacts of this COVID-19 patient tested positive on Wednesday. To date, there have been 20 reported cases in this domestic cluster, according to CECC data.