Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/30
By: Chen Wei-ting and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Oct. 30 (CNA) Taichung in central Taiwan reported 12 new cases of indigenous dengue fever last week, bringing the total number in the municipality so far this year to 101, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed Tuesday.

The patients are between the ages of 10 and 80, among whom seven were from the city’s Taiping District, two in Beitun, with one each in Dali, Wufeng and Xitun, according to the CDC.

Five of the patients are currently being treated at local hospitals, while seven have since returned home, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.

According to the disease center, the new incidences were not part of a cluster infection.
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