RECOVERIES. Two patients who have recovered from Covid-19 at a patient care center inside the Sacred Heart School old campus in Cebu City pose with the healthcare front-liners before their discharge on Saturday (June 27, 2020). Mayor Edgardo Labella said 22 other patients reported to have also fully recovered were released on Saturday from the Cebu City Quarantine Center (CCQC). (Photo courtesy of Mayor Edgardo Labella)
CEBU CITY – At least 61 percent of the total number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in Central Visayas are considered “active cases”, the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 said.
In a Covid-19 case bulletin, the DOH-7 said 5,044 or 61 percent of the 8,230 confirmed cases are active cases being monitored in patient care centers and hospitals in the region due to coronavirus infections. Also recorded are 2,924 total recoveries and 262 deaths.
Of the 8,230 confirmed cases in the region, Cebu City still has the highest number of infections at 5,794. However, out of this number, only 57 percent or 3,278 patients have active coronavirus in their system.
The neighboring cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu have 748 and 567, respectively. Mandaue has 508 active cases and Lapu-Lapu, 436.
Of the four provinces in the Central Visayas region, Cebu province (except highly urbanized cities) has the highest number of registered Covid-19 cases at 1,054, but 74 percent or 783 patients are considered to be active cases in 44 towns and six component cities.
In Bohol, at least 71 percent or 25 of the 35 total confirmed cases are considered to be active infections.
In Negros Oriental, about half or 14 cases of the 32 are still active cases, the DOH-7 said.
To date, Siquijor remains a Covid-19-free province.
The total number of confirmed cases went up in the region after the health agency registered 442 new patients tested positive of coronavirus and 59 additional reported recoveries from five local government units, as of 5 p.m. of Sunday.
Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7 regional director, said 45 percent of the new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region are from this city with 197, followed by the Cebu province with 102 cases, Lapu-Lapu City with 99, Mandaue City with 38.
The provinces of Negros Oriental and Bohol have four and two new cases, respectively.
At least 81 percent or 2,359 patients who have recovered from the deadly disease are from Cebu City, 225 from Mandaue City, 203 from Cebu province (except highly urbanized cities), and 112 from Lapu-Lapu City.
Negros Oriental registered 16 recoveries out of the 32 infections while Bohol nine out of 35 cases.
Of the 59 new recoveries reported as of Sunday, 33 are from this city, 16 from Cebu province (except highly urbanized cities), four from Mandaue City, and three from Lapu-Lapu City. No new recovery was recorded in Negros Oriental but three patients have recovered in Bohol.
Cebu City topped the region's fatality record of 252 at 157, followed by the Cebu province, minus highly urbanized cities, with 68 while the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue have 19 and 15 deaths, respectively.
Negros Oriental and Bohol have two and one deaths, respectively, due to Covid-19.
On Sunday, three were recorded as additional fatalities-one from this city and two from the province. (PNA)
