Wang Bisheng said that it is estimated that the peak of the third wave of Omicron epidemics will fall in early February next year, and the average number of cases per day during the peak week will be around 30,000.
(Provided by Command Center)
[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] The domestic Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic situation is on the rise. Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the current number of cases is not only increasing, but the increasing speed is accelerating. It is estimated that the first The peak of the three waves of Omicron epidemics will fall in early February next year, and the average number of cases per day during the peak week will be around 30,000.
Wang Bisheng pointed out that observations in the past few days have found that the number of daily cases has increased by more than 20% or even 30% compared with the previous week.
At present, it is preliminarily estimated that the peak will fall in early February next year, and the average number of cases per day during the peak week is about 30,000. It seems that Omicron’s third wave of epidemics is coming up, and the public is urged to pay attention to relevant epidemic prevention measures.
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Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, explained that there are currently 5,212 dedicated and negative pressure hospital beds. As the epidemic situation rises, the vacant bed rate has decreased slightly, but it is still 62.3%. It is expected that this week, especially in the north, there will be an increase in hospitalization. The policy will be adjusted at any time.
As for drug consumption, Luo Yijun pointed out that it has gradually declined in the past few weeks, but as the epidemic heats up, demand may rise.
At present, there are 290,000 doses of Pilavi, which can be used for 152 days, and 81,000 doses of Monapiravi, which can be used for 232 days. If there is any shortage in the future, we will buy more. Remind that the dose is sufficient, and doctors and the public do not need to worry .
Zhan Changquan, a professor at National Taiwan University's School of Public Health, estimates that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan this year may exceed 8.7 million, and the death toll may exceed 14,000.
In addition, this year, COVID-19 is likely to become the third leading cause of death in Taiwan after cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Also because of the high number of deaths from COVID-19, it is likely that Taiwan's annual death toll in 2022 will exceed 200,000, if so, the death toll will be a record high.
These epidemic statistics tell us that "2022 is a plague year in Taiwan driven by the Omicron pandemic!".
In this regard, Wang Bisheng responded that Professor Zhan may only pay attention to Taiwan. In fact, Omicron has been affecting the whole world since December last year. 2022 is a plague year for the entire world. If you look at it in a broader sense, is 2020 or 2021 not a plague year?
However, it is not only Taiwan's plague year, but the whole world's plague year, including Japan, South Korea, Europe, America and now China are all affected by Omicron, not only Taiwan.
As for the top ten causes of death, when COVID-19 was listed as the cause of death, Wang Bisheng explained that as long as the causes of death A, B, C, and D appear on the death certificate, they will be considered as deaths from the epidemic, which is very loose, but finally classified as The top ten causes of death still have to be determined according to the proportion and the main cause. According to the statistics of the Statistics Office, there is no data yet.
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