CECC reports 339 new local COVID-19 infectionsBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 339 new local cases of COVID-19, two imported cases, 133 backlogged cases and 21 deaths. Of the new local cases, 170 are male and 169 female, aged younger than five to older than 100, with an onset of symptoms from April 1 to Thursday, the center said. Miaoli County Government staff yesterday spray disinfectant in an area that people who have been confirmed to have COVID-19 have visited. In addition to outbreaks in Taipei and New Taipei City, the CECC is trying to contain an outbreak in Miaoli, Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, told a daily news briefing in Taipei. The company, based in Hsinchu City, has two plants in Miaoli’s Jhunan and Tongluo (銅鑼) townships.

Source: Taipei Times June 04, 2021 15:56 UTC