Taiwan reported 38 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, consisting of 13 domestic and 25 imported cases, with zero deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Of the new domestic cases, three were linked to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Taoyuan, four were related to a cluster at the Port of Kaohsiung, and one each were connected to two clusters of unknown origin – a family in Taipei and a hotel in Yilan.
There are also three new cases in Taoyuan whose sources of infection are unknown, the CECC said.
Update: Five of 13 new domestic COVID-19 cases of unknown source: CECC
The remaining case is a woman in Tainan who contracted the disease after taking care of her grandchild, who had tested positive after returning from overseas.
Eight of the new domestic cases were classified as breakthrough infections.
Of the other people with domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections, one received a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, three had not received any vaccine jabs, and the vaccination status of one case was still under investigation, according to the CECC.
In addition to the domestic cases, Taiwan also reported 25 imported cases on Tuesday, 12 of which involved passengers who tested positive upon arrival in Taiwan on Monday. The CECC did not release any information regarding the vaccination status of the imported cases.
To date, Taiwan has confirmed 18,411 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in early 2020, including 14,928 domestically transmitted infections.
With no deaths reported on Tuesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the country remained at 851.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel