Local virus cases up 14%‘3+11’: The CECC had followed procedure in arriving at a decision on the quarantine policy, a Control Yuan report said, while recommending regulatory amendmentsBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) yesterday reported 26,095 new local COVID-19 cases, an increase of 13.9 percent from last week, and predicted that total caseloads this week could rise by about 10 percent. New Taipei City had the most cases at 5,258, followed by Taipei with 3,189, Taichung with 3,038, Taoyuan with 2,673, Kaohsiung with 2,179, Tainan with 1,650 and Changhua County with 1,132, CECC data showed. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division, reported 28 moderate-to-severe cases, which is the lowest daily number since May 3. A woman wearing a mask shades herself from the sun in Taipei yesterday. Meanwhile, the Control Yuan yesterday published its investigation report on the CECC’s “3+11” quarantine policy decision procedure.

Source: Taipei Times August 23, 2022 22:19 UTC