MORE CASES. Western Visayas logs a total of 164 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases on Thursday (June 18, 2020). Six repatriated overseas Filipino workers and two Locally Stranded Individuals were the new cases recorded by the regional health office. (Photo courtesy of DOH 6)
ILOILO CITY -- The confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Western Visayas have reached 164 after six repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and two locally stranded individuals (LSIs) tested positive for the disease, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 6) in Western Visayas confirmed on Thursday.
Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te, DOH-CHD 6 medical coordinator for emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, said in a regular virtual presser, that all new cases are quarantined in a facility.
Four of the repatriated OFWs found infected with Covid-19 cases in the region are from Bacolod City.
They are a 37-year-old male, a 40-year-old male, a 38-year-old female, and a 35-year-old male.
Two other Covid-19-positive OFWs are a 44-year-old male from Oton, and a 25-year-old male from Miagao, both of Iloilo Province.
Te said two LSIs, a 38-year-old female from Bacolod City and a 30-year-old male from Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, also tested positive for Covid-19.
Aside from the eight, Western Visayas also detected two new cases tagged to other regions. They are a 38-year-old male from San Carlos, Pangasinan, and a 34-year-old male from Cebu City.
“We have 987 results released – 824 are from the Western Visayas Medical Center sub-national laboratory and 163 from Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital Molecular Laboratory,” she said.
The region also logged three new recoveries involving a 37-year-old, 35-year-old, and 38-year-old, all males from Bacolod City.
To date, the region has 47 active cases, 106 recoveries, and 11 deaths.
Te said that 81 of the Covid-19 cases in the region are repatriated OFWs and LSIs. (PNA)
