Domestic cases overtake LSIs in COVID-19 tally

By Dolly Yasa

 

BACOLOD City – Domestic cases have overtaken infected Locally Stranded Individuals in the tally of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Negros Occidental.

Provincial Health Office data furnished to the media over the weekend by Negros Occidental Incident Command Center spokesperson Chacha Magallanes-Tan indicated that the province has 1,401 COVID-19 cases.

The domestic cases accounted for 624 while LSIs numbered 507, Overseas Filipino Workers – 189, frontliners – 45, Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APOR) – 22, pending classification – 12, and two cases outside of Negros Occidental but tagged to the province.

The total number of active cases is 723, recoveries at 666 and 12 deaths.

Meanwhile, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and about 20 of his staff were on isolation starting Friday after a utility worker at his office tested positive for COVID-19.

Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Lacson and his staff were tested Saturday and results are expected to be out today, Sept 7, 2020.

Diaz said the governor is doing well and is self-isolating as a precautionary measure against the spread of the virus.

The Governor’s Office at the Capitol in Bacolod City has been closed for decontamination.

Provincial Board member Samson Mirhan (2nd District, Negros Occidental) also tested positive, according to Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante said.

Mirhan is a former Cadiz City councilor before he was elected as board member in the 2019 polls.

In Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said that his granddaughter was also infected and is in isolation at their residence.

She is asymptomatic.

In a post during the weekend in his FB page Familiaran said “It is my duty to inform the public that we are all practicing precautionary measures and stringent observance of health protocols in my household. Yet, one of my loving and caring granddaughters, aged 9, has been tested positive of Covid-19. She is asymptomatic, in isolation, and is closely monitored by Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Andy Panes and her Mom Barangay Captain Tanya Familiaran. This message will serve to encourage the general public to take extra vigilance to observe all health protocols at home and in public places to protect our families and the city at large. Let us all unite in prayer for God Almighty to protect, heal and restore our families to good health and stop the spread of Covid-19 in Jesus mighty name. Amen”.