The Zamboanga City Health Office. (PNA file photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city has registered a 95.6 percent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) recovery rate since the start of the pandemic in 2020, the City Health Office (CHO) said Friday.
Data released by the CHO showed this city recorded 27,881 recoveries to date.
Of the total recoveries, 26,310 are community-related; 416, detainees; 379, locally stranded individuals; 361, authorized persons outside residence; 217, persons deprived of liberty; 89, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel; 72, Bureau of Corrections; 33, returning overseas Filipinos; and, four, returning residents from Malaysia.
Currently, the city has 22 Covid-19 active cases, which according to the CHO, were all acquired through community transmission.
Of the active cases, 44.4 percent are asymptomatic, another 44.4 percent with mild symptoms, and the remaining 11.2 percent manifest moderate symptoms.
The Covid-19 related deaths stood at 1,236 deaths.
The Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases placed this city under Alert Level 1 until May 15. (PNA)
