The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced on the 22nd that there were 6,798 new confirmed COVID-19 cases (cumulative total of 31,548,083).
The number of new cases on this day decreased by 10,010 compared to the previous day (16,808) due to the weekend effect on Sunday. Compared to a week ago on the 15th (7,178), it decreased by 380.
Among the new confirmed cases, 22 were imported from overseas.
The number of critically ill patients currently hospitalized increased by 1 from the previous day to 159.
The number of new COVID-19 deaths was 12, bringing the cumulative total to 34,675 (fatality rate 0.11%).
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