DUMAGUETE CITY – No deaths related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) were reported in this capital city of Negros Oriental for almost two months already.
The City Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) records showed that the last known Covid-19-related death was of a 94-year-old unvaccinated individual with comorbidities, a media release on Monday evening said.
Dr. Maria Sarah Talla, City Health Officer, said that for about 25 days now, the city’s 30 barangays reported zero cases of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the provincial capital obtained the highest vaccination rate of 141.56 percent in Central Visayas, exceeding the 80.67 percent goal for herd immunity set by the Department of Health, the media release said.
A total of 157,619 residents and workers were vaccinated in this city, which is higher than the target of 111,348 to achieve herd immunity.
Dumaguete City was placed under Alert Level 1 in the past weeks while the province of Negros Oriental remains at Alert Level 2. (PNA)
