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Statistics/Cases by administrative area

I was using the following Taiwan CDC website to update the cases by administration:

https://nidss.cdc.gov.tw/en/nndss/DiseaseMap?id=19CoV

It used to show so-called Imported (COVID-19 infections contracted outside of Taiwan) and Indigenous (contracted within Taiwan) both together and separately, but sometime after 31 July it has only shown Indigenous cases. Consequently, the statistics for individual counties and cities have been inaccurate since that time. Is there an equivalent source for this information? If not, then that particular chart should be removed for being out-of-date and misleading. Yovinedelcielo (talk) 06:59, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I met the same issue for updating the charts in the French article, didn't found any backup for now. Even the Chinese version of the website is "indigenous only".

For now, the best issue would be to contextualize the chart : number of cases and date of the last update (467 cases, 31 July) ; write it in vertical axis or in the title. It would be too bad to lose an information that gives us a geographical data after 6 pandemic months, even if it is frozen for one specific day.

- Daxipedia - 達克斯百科 (talk) 07:37, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. Article is updated.

Yovinedelcielo (talk) 11:33, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

5 December/6 December Reported Cases

On 5 December, the TCDC issued press releases reporting 3 new cases. On 6 December, it issued press releases reporting that an additional case was confirmed on the evening of 5 December.

This case was not added to the cases dated 6 December, so there is now a potential source of confusion.

The TCDC's press releases and all media outlets are reading three new cases on 5 December, for a total of 693, and twenty-two new cases on 6 December, which should add up to 715, but a total of 716 is reported because of the case diagnosed late on the evening of 5 December. Please bear in mind that press releases from 5 December will say three cases were diagnosed when in fact a total of four were confirmed on that date.^[1]^[2]

- Yovinedelcielo (talk) 03:40, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "CECC confirms 3 more imported COVID-19 cases; cases arrive in Taiwan from Ireland, Germany, and Indonesia". Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "CECC confirms 22 more imported COVID-19 cases; cases arrive in Taiwan from Indonesia and the Philippines". Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

Statistics Graph Width/Height Changes

I adjusted the width and height of the charts in the Statistics section. The text for the dates of the daily cases especially has long been unreadable, but I wasn't sure until now how to fix it. The text apparently automatically moves closer together with each new day added if the width of the chart is not increased to compensate. I've made it ten times wider both for increased readability but also to give plenty of room for the text to grow closer again in case the width is not adjusted again for some time.

-Yovinedelcielo (talk) 17:55, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mouth mask manufacturing equipment from Germany in February 2020, missing item?

Maybe somebody needs to add some info about that. Henk Poley (talk) 14:11, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extra Day/Incorrect Code in Statistics Active Cases

There's a problem somewhere in the code for Active Cases in the Statistics graph. For some reason, the line on the graph wasn't correctly displaying. I did some experimenting, and it appears that there's an extra day somewhere that pushes the last day off the graph, so it doesn't get displayed. I'm at a loss where it could be, though, because I manually counted each day and put date markers to make sure it was correct, and there seems to be the correct number of days. As a temporary fix, I've deleted the "0" which represents January 20, 2020, the day before the first confirmed case. The graph is now displaying properly, but I don't know exactly why; every other category in that graph also includes a "0" for January 20, 2020 and they display properly. If someone could take a look and find what I'm missing, that would be very helpful! Thanks!

Information to add?

Taiwan's Kaohsiung tightens 'quasi-Level 3 alert' Taiwan News
Mother of central Taiwan COVID patient heavily penalized for shopping during quarantine Taiwan News
Taipei MRT intensifies anti-COVID measures Taiwan News
Migrant workers banned from Taiwan entry as of May 19 amid outbreak Taiwan News
All schools in Taiwan to close May 19-28 Taiwan News
Taiwan disallows outlying island Kinmen from obtaining COVID vaccines from China Taiwan News
37 students in Taiwan reported with COVID on Tuesday Taiwan News
Covid: Taiwan orders toughest curbs amid infections spike BBC
Taiwan tightens border controls amid spike in COVID-19 cases Taiwan Today
Executive Yuan proposes extending special COVID-19 relief act one more year Executive Yuan
COVID-19 alert level raised to 3 in Taipei, New Taipei Executive Yuan
CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan confirms 240 new domestic COVID-19 cases, two deaths (update) Focus Taiwan
CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan seeking vaccines from U.S. amid COVID surge Focus Taiwan
TDCC calls for voting from home during proxy season in Taiwan to curb COVID spread Taiwan News _TheKuygerian^contribs
_userpage 16:01, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@TheKuygerian: Thank you for these links. I have incorporated two of them into the timeline. Other editors may want to extend this.--CRau080 (talk) 19:25, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Some others:

Covid-19: What went wrong in Singapore and Taiwan? BBC
Fake news alert: Taiwan fights disinformation as COVID surges Al Jazeera
Taiwan Was a Covid Haven for Performers. Then Cases Flared. New York Times
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit cuts frequency of trains due to COVID Taiwan News _TheKuygerian^contribs
_userpage 01:33, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Testing backlog

The article failed to cover the backlog problem in testing which resulted in rolling data revision occurred from 22 May to 6 June. With the issue unrecognised, the cases per day statistics shown currently are therefore seriously inaccurate as both new cases and backlog cases are crammed in the reporting days. This can actually be solved as revision details (actual dates, number of cases) are sufficiently disclosed.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-23/data-revisions-leave-taiwan-unsure-where-outbreak-is-heading Seanetienne (talk) 10:50, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just done it myself. Seanetienne (talk) 20:41, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Domestic Vaccine Development

The article can be improved by including information on the recent Emergency Use Authorization and production of Medigen's COVID-19 vaccine and its initial deployment. Alternatively, a separate heading could be made for domestic vaccine development, which would include information on the technology of Medigen's vaccine and its unprecedented emergency use after completing only phase two clinical trials in Taiwan.

Furthermore, in the 2021 Q3 section, it says that the outbreak of the Delta variant in Pingtung County appeared to have been contained. However, this does not reflect the most recent second community spread event of the delta variant among three EVA Air pilots and one family member. A separate section could be made to discuss quarantine rules for air flight crews and the controversies over the "3+11" policy.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-approves-production-medigens-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-2021-07-19/

SLTsou (talk) 03:29, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PEIS warning

The following warning appears on the page when you preview it:

Warning: Post-expand include size is too large. Some templates will not be included.

To reduce the amount of content that contributes to the issue, I suggest switching the daily source data for the graphs found in the "Statistics" section to something more practical like weekly or monthly. If this doesn't resolve the warning, then I also suggest doing the same to the daily Template:COVID-19 pandemic data/Taiwan medical cases chart. Jroberson108 (talk) 14:05, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "CECC confirms 3 more imported COVID-19 cases; cases arrive in Taiwan from Ireland, Germany, and Indonesia". Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[2] "CECC confirms 22 more imported COVID-19 cases; cases arrive in Taiwan from Indonesia and the Philippines". Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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