By Joseph B.A. Marzan
Western Visayas is inching closer to the 900-mark of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-WV CHD) reported 37 new cases on July 23, 2020.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region so far is 894 with 332 active cases.
Twenty-eight Locally Stranded Individuals make up the bulk of the latest batch of cases:
– 31-year-old male from San Joaquin, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 861);
– 40-year-old male from San Dionisio, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 862);
– 29-year-old female from Tubungan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 865);
– 22-year-old female from San Remigio, Antique (WV Patient No. 867);
– 38-year-old male from Mina, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 870);
– 40-year-old male from Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 871);
– 43-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 872);
– 24-year-old male from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 873);
– 30-year-old female from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 874);
– two-year-old female from Silay City, Negros Ocicdental (WV Patient No. 875);
– 30-year-old female from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 876);
– 26-year-old male from Sipalay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 877);
– 42-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 878);
– 28-year-old male from Manapla, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 879);
– 27-year-old female from Manapla, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 880);
– 28-year-old female from Murcia, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 881);
– 36-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 882);
– 56-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 883);
– 26-year-old male from Calatrava, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 884);
– 42-year-old male from Valladolid, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 885);
– 28-year-old female from Hinigaran, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 886);
– 24-year-old male from Sipalay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 887);
– 62-year-old female from Calatrava, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 888);
– 11-year-old female from Pontevedra, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 889);
– three-year-old female from Binalbagan, Negros Ocicdental (WV Patient No. 890);
– 21-year-old female from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 891);
– 27-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Ocicdental (WV Patient No. 893); and
– 27-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 894).
All new LSI cases are under facility-based quarantine.
Three of the cases are Returning Overseas Filipinos (ROF):
– 36-year-old male from Guimbal, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 858);
– 35-year-old female from Cabatuan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 859); and
– 31-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 860).
The three new ROF cases are all also under facility-based quarantine.
The remaining six cases are local cases:
– 40-year-old male from Pototan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 863);
– 50-year-old female from Molo, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 864);
– 24-year-old male from City Proper, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 866);
– 36-year-old female from Jaro, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 868);
– 21-year-old female from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 869); and
– 32-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 892).
WV Patient No. 863 is admitted to a hospital, WV Patient Nos. 864 and 866 are under home-based quarantine, while the remaining local cases are under facility-based quarantine.
Five new cases tested in the region were also confirmed positive for COVID-19 but were tagged to other regions. They are all Authorized Persons Outside of Residence.
The DOH-WV CHD also reported 27 new recoveries.
The number of COVID-19 recoveries is now at 546, while the number of COVID-19 fatalities remain at 16.
A total of 598 test results via Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) were released by the DOH-WV CHD from four accredited laboratories in the region, with 555 yielding negative results.
