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Number of Taiwan COVID-19 cases hits 100

  • 18 March, 2020
  • John Van Trieste
Number of Taiwan COVID-19 cases hits 100
Head of the government epidemic command center, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung.

Taiwan has announced 23 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases Taiwan has reported so far up to 100.

The announcement came from the government’s Central Epidemic Command Center during a Wednesday afternoon press conference. During the press conference, command center’s head, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said that all but two of the cases were brought into Taiwan from overseas.

One of the local cases involves a person without any recent travel history. This patient is not known to have come in contact with anyone else with a recent travel history. The government is working to uncover the source of infection in this case.

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