Taiwan recorded 12 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

One of those was transmitted domestically and the other 11 were contracted
overseas.

The new domestic case was a Taipei resident in her 60s.

On Sept. 10, she tested negative for COVID-19 prior to being admitted to a
hospital, but her daughter, who was set to accompany her during her hospital
stay, tested positive on Sept. 15.

The woman was tested for the disease again on Sept. 17, and the results came
back positive.

The 11 new imported cases involved five Taiwanese and six foreign nationals
who recently traveled to Taiwan from Russia, the United States, Honduras,
Singapore, Canada, the Czech Republic, Poland, Myanmar, South Africa, and
Cambodia.

And there was one death from the disease, a man in his 70s who passed away on
Sept. 10.

To date, Taiwan has confirmed a total of 16,141 COVID-19 cases, of which
14,412 are domestic infections reported since May 15.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the country has risen to 840.