The “epidemic command center” in Taiwan announced today (22) that there were 79,441 new local cases and an additional 46 imported cases (26 were positive for flight landing tests). Among the confirmed cases, 53 died. In addition, 256 cases of moderate and severe cases were added today, reaching a new high, of which 198 were moderate and 58 were severe. Among the severe cases, there are 3 children, 2 of whom have encephalitis, a 1-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy. The former has fever and convulsions and is suspected of encephalitis, while the latter has encephalitis and multiple organ abnormalities. Both are currently in intensive care. In ward treatment.
The “command center” pointed out that there were 79,441 new local cases today, 38,290 males, 41097 females, 54 In the case study, the age ranged from under 5 years old to over 90 years old. New Taipei City has the most cases with 20,698, followed by Taoyuan City with 11,168 cases, Taipei City with 9,645 cases, Taichung City with 7,250 cases, Kaohsiung City with 7,135 cases, and Tainan City with 4,678 cases.
The “command center” pointed out that there were 53 new local deaths today, including 23 males and 30 females, aged in their 40s to over 90 years old, all of which were severe infections, 52 Cases had a history of chronic diseases, and 17 cases were not vaccinated. The date of diagnosis is from May 4 to May 19, 2022, and the date of death is from May 10 to May 20. The youngest deaths in their 40s were a man and a woman. The woman had a neurological disease and died of pneumonia and respiratory failure after three doses of the vaccine. He was tested on May 12, died on May 17, and was only diagnosed on May 19. The related symptoms before the diagnosis were under investigation.
The “Command Center” announced today that 256 new cases of moderate and severe cases hit a new high, including 198 cases of moderate disease and 58 cases of severe disease. Among the severe cases today, 3 are children, 2 of which are complicated by encephalitis.
Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team, said that the three children with severe cases were 1 and 10 years old respectively. The 1-year-old girl had a history of intestinal atresia and developed sepsis and respiratory failure after diagnosis. The 2 cases of encephalitis were both boys. Among them, the 1-year-old boy had no history of chronic disease, and he developed fever and convulsions after diagnosis. The other 10-year-old boy also had no history of chronic disease. Organ abnormalities, are currently in intensive care unit rescue.
According to the statistics of the “Command Center”, as of May 22, there were 12 severe cases of children in Taiwan, of which 5 were complicated by encephalitis, and 2 died unfortunately. Luo Yijun also admitted that the “command center” has held meetings with experts to discuss that there is an increasing trend of children’s encephalitis, so experts have also proposed treatment guidelines, reminding parents to pay attention to the severe prodromal symptoms of encephalitis in children infected with the epidemic. There are 8 major symptoms including body temperature greater than 41 degrees, poor consciousness, persistent drowsiness, persistent headache, persistent vomiting, muscle jumping convulsions, convulsions, and unsteady gait.
The “command center” stated that among the 46 new cases of immigration from abroad today, 21 were males, 24 were females, and 1 case was under investigation. The age was between 20s and 70s. 2 cases in the United States, 1 case in South Korea, 1 case in Japan, and 42 cases under investigation. Entry days are from May 19 to May 21 this year.
According to the statistics of the “Command Center”, up to now, a total of 1,320,371 cases of new coronavirus pneumonia have been diagnosed in Taiwan, including 12,523 imported cases, 1,307,794 local cases, 36 “Dunmu Fleet” cases, 3 aircraft infections, 1 Unknown cases and 14 cases under investigation; a total of 1,396 deaths since 2020. (Jingxian Lin/Editor)