Update: Baguio Covid cases

CITY HALL BEAT

Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY -- Two more patients, one of whom an infant who tested positive when she was eight days old, were added to the city's list of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recoveries yesterday bringing the total to 17.

The baby now 23 days old according to the carers was diagnosed last April 25 and confined at the Pines City Doctors Hospital.

Hospital staff gleefully sent off their lone COVID patient last night.

At 1 pm also Thursday, 22-year old Mae Anne Gabrielle Cachero was also discharged from the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center where she works as a nurse.

"God bless you and thank you for everything," Cachero told the team of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers who treated her for 17 days.

"This illness really affects everyone, the young, the old, the healthy, not healthy. Wala po siyang pinipili. Let us all help each other to fight COVID, lagi po tayong mag-iingat at sundin ang mga payo ng ating mga health officials,” she said during the send-off program arranged by her co-workers and capped off with a special performance by Dr. Noel Buccat and the IDB Boys.

She is the fifth healthcare worker in the City of Baguio to have contracted the virus. - PIO Baguio with reports from BGHMC

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Nine more COVID victors got off from hospital confinement Friday.

The Baguio General Hospital treats it as a victory day as eight of the discharged patients are healthworkers employed by the hospital.

They along with another employee who remain under confinement were diagnosed within days of each other within the last week of April.

The said hospital worker and a new patient -- a policeman assigned in Camp Crame -- are the two remaining active COVID cases in the city.

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The city listed one new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case last week, a 41-year old policeman from Camp Crame and resident of Dontogan barangay.

Mayor Benjie Magalong said Major Rafael Baldado Roxas, deputy chief of the Fingerprint Division National Headquarters of the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory agreed to be identified.

The mayor said Roxas' case cannot be considered as a local transmission as he apparently contracted the virus in Manila.

The patient is now confined at a health facility and his family and contacts isolated. 

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The Baguio City Police Office arrested a man for causing disturbance at Cresencia Village by noisily and speedily driving his car along the street at past 9 PM on May 11.

In a report to Mayor Magalong, BCPO Director P Col. Allen Rae Co identified the suspect as Orlando Villa Delgado y De Guzman Jr., 26 years old.

Investigation disclosed that at around 9:25 p.m. of May 11, the Tactical Operations Center of the BCPO received reports of an alleged car racing at the vicinity of Holiday, Bokawkan to Ferguson Road causing nuisance and alarm among residents.

As a result, personnel of Police Station 2 under P Capt. Jem Benito scoured the area and flagged down the vehicle but instead of stopping, the driver sped off prompting police personnel to conduct a dragnet operation that led to the rounding up of the suspect.

The suspect parked his vehicle at the barangay hall but instead of calmly surrendering, engaged authorities in an argument and even threw things at them.

The suspect was subjected to inquest proceedings for a case of alleged violation of Republic Act 11332, Disobedience to Person in Authority, Direct Assault and Alarms and Scandal.