Taiwan reports 49 new COVID-19 cases

TAIPEI -- Taiwan reported 49 new COVID-19 cases Monday, including two locally-transmitted infections and 47 imported ones, the island's disease-monitoring agency said.

The agency also announced a three-week extension of the current Level-2 COVID-19 alert to Feb 28. Under the extension, the agency did not adjust the mask mandate nor make any other adjustments to disease prevention measures.

To date, Taiwan has reported 19,192 confirmed COVID-19 cases, of which 15,202 were local infections.