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The total number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Taiwan has increased by six to 59, according to the island's epidemic monitoring agency Sunday.
All of the six new patients had traveled outside Taiwan recently and were believed to have contracted the virus during their trips, the agency said in a statement.
A man in his 30s had traveled to Thailand and Japan from Feb. 28 to March 8 and has had a running nose, fatigue and headache since March 11, while another man in his 50s had been to Egypt from March 3 to 12 and developed a fever and muscle ache after returning to Taiwan, according to the statement.
A man in his 40s and a woman in her 70s had visited Turkey together from March 4 to 13 and had symptoms such as throat irritation, diarrhea and fever after returning to Taiwan.
The fifth new case is a woman in her 20s who returned from Spain on March 13 and has had a fever since March 12, while the sixth case is a teenage boy who returned from Greece on March 5 and developed throat irritation, cough and headache since March 12.
Among the island's confirmed COVID-19 cases, 32 were imported. Twenty of the confirmed patients have recovered and one died of the disease. The rest are in stable condition.
