COVID-19: Domestic cases drop below 200 per dayBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 174 local COVID-19 infections and 26 deaths. The center also reported 26 deaths due to COVID-19 — 15 men and 11 women who were aged from their 50s to older than 90. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. There were also 181 empty beds in COVID-19 intensive care units in Taipei and New Taipei City hospitals, and 588 additional empty beds nationwide, he said. The number of recovered COVID-19 patients released from isolation has reached about half of the total confirmed cases in Taiwan, Chen said.

Source: Taipei Times June 13, 2021 15:56 UTC