COVID cases in W. Visayas surge past 1,500-mark

By Joseph B.A. Marzan

 

The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVI-19) in Western Visayas has reached 1,547 after the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-WV CHD) reported 129 new cases on Aug 3, 2020.

Another death was also recorded Monday, a 38-year-old male Locally-Stranded Individual (LSI) from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 328), bringing the total COVID-19 fatalities in the region to 21.

The LSI died on Aug 2 due to cardiogenic shock secondary to myocardial infarction. He was also diagnosed with end-stage renal disease secondary to chronic glomerulonephritis, and anemia secondary to achronic disease, according to DOH-WV CHD spokesperson Dr. Renilyn Reyes.

The DOH data indicated that as of Aug 3, Western Visayas has had 1,547 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 788 active cases, 738 recoveries, and 21 deaths.

The latest batch of cases includes 96 Returned Overseas Filipinos (ROF), or 74 percent of the total of new cases:

– 38-year-old male from Jaro, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1419);

– 53-year-old male from Jaro, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1420);

– 31-year-old male from City Proper, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1421);

– 43-year-old male from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1422);

– 44-year-old male from Leganes, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1423);

– 27-year-old male from Concepcion, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1424);

– 26-year-old male from Pavia, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1425);

– 25-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1426);

– 42-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1427);

– 28-year-old male from Mina, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1428);

– 39-year-old male from Banate, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1429);

– 37-year-old male from Pavia, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1430);

– 35-year-old female from Janiuay, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1431);

– 24-year-old male from Zarraga, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1432);

– 53-year-old male from Tigbauan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1433);

– 37-year-old male from Leganes, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1434);

– 31-year-old male from Igbaras, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1435);

– 40-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1436);

– 32-year-old male from Tigabauan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1437);

– 30-year-old male from Dumanagas, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1438);

– 39-year-old male from Cabatuan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1439);

– 30-year-old male from Cabatuan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1440)

– 43-year-old male from Pototan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1441);

– 50-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1442);

– 56-year-old male from Buenavista, Guimaras (WV Patient No. 1443);

– 27-year-old male from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1444);

– 28-year-old female from City Proper, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1445);

– 52-year-old male from Lapuz, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1446);

– 34-year-old male from San Joaquin, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1447);

– 44-year-old male from Arevalo, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1448);

– 50-year-old male from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1449);

– 27-year-old male from E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1450);

– 43-year-old male from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1451);

– 28-year-old female from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1452);

– 35-year-old female from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1453);

– 29-year-old female from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1454);

– 26-year-old male from La Carlota City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1455);

– 51-year-old male from Cauayan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1457);

– 50-year-old male from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1458);

– 44-year-old female from Victorias City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1459);

– 25-year-old male from Victorias City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1460);

– 37-year-old male from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1461);

– 56-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1462);

– 32-year-old female from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1463);

– 37-year-old female from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1464)

– 31-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1465);

– 43-year-old female from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1466);

– 38-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1467);

– 42-year-old male from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1468);

– 43-year-old male from Silay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1469);

– 49-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1470);

– 33-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1471);

– 28-year-old male from Roxas City, Capiz (WV Patient No. 1472);

– 47-year-old male from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1473);

– 36-year-old male from Hinigaran, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1474);

– 35-year-old male from Candoni, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1475);

– 37-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1476);

– 45-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1477);

– 45-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1478);

– 28-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1479);

– 30-year-old male from La Carlota City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1480);

– 30-year-old female from Cauayan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1481);

– 37-year-old male from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1482);

– 29-year-old female from Ilog, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1483);

– 30-year-old male from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1484);

– 33-year-old male from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1485);

– 33-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1486);

– 44-year-old male from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1487);

– 43-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1488);

– 58-year-old male from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1489);

– 26-year-old male from E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1490);

– 28-year-old male from La Castellana, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1491);

– 29-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1492);

– 32-year-old male from Leon, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1512);

– 44-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1513);

– 43-year-old male from Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1514);

– 44-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1515);

– 40-year-old male from Miag-ao, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1516);

– 39-year-old male from Oton, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1517);

– 23-year-old male from San Miguel, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1518);

– 47-year-old male from Maasin, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1519);

– 55-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1520);

– 43-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1521);

– 47-year-old male from Sagay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1522);

– 38-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1523);

– 24-year-old male from Sipalay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1524);

– 25-year-old female from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1525);

– 53-year-old male from La Carlota City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1526);

– 28-year-old female from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1527);

– 23-year-old male from Manapla, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1528);

– 29-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1529);

– 48-year-old male from Sipalay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1530);

– 43-year-old male from Victorias City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1531);

– 25-year-old male from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1532);

– 42-year-old female from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1533);

– 52-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1534); and

– 54-year-old male from Talisay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1535).

Twenty-seven new cases are LSIs:

– 34-year-old male from Passi City, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1456);

– 26-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1493);

– 30-year-old male from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1494);

– 36-year-old male from Binalbagan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1495);

– 60-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1496);

– 28-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1498);

– 20-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1499);

– five-year-old female from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1500);

– 52-year-old female from Pulupandan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1502);

– 21-year-old female from Sagay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1503);

– 29-year-old female from Sagay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1504);

– 39-year-old male from Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1505);

– 25-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1506);

– 22-year-old male from Cauayan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1507);

– 24-year-old male from Sagay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1508);

– 37-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1509);

– 23-year-old male from Hinobaan, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1510);

– 55-year-old male from Murcia, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1511);

– 20-year-old female from Sagay City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1510);

– 44-year-old male from Pototan, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1536);

– 26-year-old male from Pavia, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1537);

– 23-year-old female from Leganes, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1542);

– 26-year-old male from Sta. Barbara, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1543);

– 21-year-old male from Sta. Barbara, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1544);

– 21-year-old male from Sta. Barbara, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1545);

– 29-year-old male from Zarraga, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1546); and

– 10-year-old male from Lambunao, Iloilo (WV Patient No. 1543).

The remaining six new cases are local cases:

– 34-year-old male from Bago City, Negros Occidental (WV Patient No. 1497);

– 25-year-old male from Bacolod City (WV Patient No. 1501);

– 62-year-old female from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1538);

– 60-year-old male from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1539);

– 31-year-old male from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1540); and

– 54-year-old female from Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient No. 1541).

All new cases are currently under facility-based quarantine, except for the four local cases in Mandurriao, Iloilo City (WV Patient Nos. 1538, 1539, 1540, 1541).

Reyes said that seventy-three percent of the cases, or 577 cases, are either ROF, LSI, or Authorized Person Outside of Residence (APOR), while the remaining 211 are local cases.

Six frontliners are included in this latest batch of cases, with five nurses and one non-medical frontliner, all of whom are either ROF or LSI.

Thirty-two new recoveries and one COVID-19 death were also reported.

A total of 1220 tests via real-time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test were released on August 3, with 1091 yielding negative results.