Eastern Visayas, Cordillera COVID cases rise !-- -- Miriam Desacada (
Five were stranded in Metro Manila and another is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW). The two other partients are a returning resident of Tacloban City and another OFW, who is the first confirmed case in Bontoc, Southern Leyte.
On Wednesday, the DOH regional office recorded 19 cases, the highest in a single day. DOH regional director
In the Cordilleras, 16 cases were recorded yesterday. Eight of the cases are from
A female teacher in Manabo, Abra and a taxi driver in Baguio City are among the new cases. Barangay Balili in Mankayan,
Marcela towns in Apayao, where some of the patients reside, are on lockdown. Only
The number of confirmed cases in Negros Occidental is also increasing. Four stranded residents and two OFWs were added to the list yesterday.
Bacolod City Mayor
"Kahit ano pa man ang ating pag-iingat, nahawa pa rin tayo," Chan said in a post on Facebook. The mayor is quarantined at his residence.
He said doctors monitoring him are confident that he would quickly recover. In Pangasinan, a police officer who was exposed to his infected colleague is the second case in San Carlos City.
The police officers, who were assigned in Sual and Dagupan City, are confined at the
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