Pangasinan posts 8 new Covid cases

By Liezle Basa-Inigo

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Provincial Health office reported Tuesday night eight new cases of covid-19 disease that included three minors.

PHO said all the patients were admitted at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital on July 14, except for a 35 year-old-male from San Roque, San Manuel town, who was brought to an isolation facility in his hometown as he was asymptomatic.

Among those admitted at PPH were a one-year-old boy, a six-year old girl, an eight-year-old girl, and a 47-year-old man – all from Barangay San Felipe East in San Nicolas town

The children were asymptomatic, while the man manifested symptoms of COVID-19.

The others who were taken to PPH were a 41-year-old male from Barangay Ingalagala, Malasiqui town; and a 40-year-old male from Barangay Carosucan, Asingan.

The province has recorded a total of 127 COVID-19 cases. Out of this number, 86 recovered, 32 were admitted to hospital, and nine have died.

Meanwhile, the provincial government urged returning residents to secure documents, and follow protocols to be able to enter Pangasinan.

This was pointed out by Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) Chief Rhodyn Luchinvar Oro that returning residents to Pangasinan should secure the necessary documents and follow the needed protocols to enter Pangasinan.

Oro said that returning individuals should present their travel authority issued by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and medical clearance from the local government unit of their point of origin upon entering the province.