Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman of the command center, said that it is currently estimated that the peak of the epidemic may fall in the week of February 12-18 or 19-25.

(Provided by Command Center)

[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] Local Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) has 31,501 new cases today, an increase of 92.9% from last Wednesday. It has exceeded 30,000 cases for 2 consecutive days and the temperature has risen for 7 consecutive days.

Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman for the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the current estimate of the peak of the epidemic may fall in the week of February 12-18 or 19-25, with a daily average of up to 35,000 cases.

Examining the recent changes in the increase and decrease of local cases, it was still 21.4% lower than the same period of the previous week on January 25th, but there was an increase of 5% since the 26th, and the increase gradually expanded from the 27th to the 31st, 34.9% and 30.7% in sequence , 43.6%, 110.8%, and 118.2%, but after doubling for two consecutive days, today's growth rate dropped slightly to 92.9%, less than double.

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Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that after the Spring Festival holiday, the number of cases in the first two days of work has doubled compared with the same period of the previous week, and today it has dropped slightly. It seems that it has returned to the normal state of the week. It may still rise next week, but Gains will not be as dire as this week.

Wang Bisheng, the commander of the command center, pointed out yesterday that there were forecasts years ago that the Spring Festival holiday would be long, and with the delay in reporting, the epidemic would rebound, but how big and how long it is is the focus of observation. At present, the evaluation time will not be too long. The high point Not too high either.

Zhuang Renxiang further added that it is currently estimated that the peak of the epidemic may fall in the week of February 12-18 or 19-25, with an average daily maximum of 28,000 to 35,000 cases.

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