VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur — Four persons
under investigation (PUIs) for COVID-19 in Ilocos Sur have died while waiting
for their test results.
Gov. Ryan Singson said the fatalities
were in isolation in various health facilities in Ilocos Sur. He did not say
when the patients died.
There are 18
PUIs in Ilocos Sur, four of whom have recovered.
There is only
one confirmed COVID-19 case in the province.
In
Pangasinan, a 79-year-old resident of Barangay Pantal, Dagupan City suspected
to be infected with COVID-19, died on Tuesday. He is the fourth fatality among
PUIs in the city.
Two other
PUIs in the province, a 54-year-old female nurse and a 68-year-old
Filipino-American, tested negative for COVID-19 and were released from
hospitals on Tuesday.
Four other
COVID-19 patients recovered.
In Bulacan,
another COVID-19 patient died while seven more cases were recorded.
The
provincial health office said the fatality is a 52-year-old man from Sta. Maria
town.
Guiguinto and
Baliwag each registered two new cases while Malolos City, Sta. Maria and
Bulakan recorded one case each.
Bulacan has
46 cases, 13 of whom died and two recovered. There are 535 PUIs and 1,060
persons under monitoring (PUMs) in the province.
Zambales
recorded its seventh case, a 45-year-old seafarer, who was admitted at the
President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in Iba on Thursday last week.
In Cagayan, a
health worker of the Department of Health regional office was infected with
COVID-19, test result released Wednesday showed.
The two
co-workers of the patient were also infected with the flu virus. One has
recovered and discharged from the Cagayan Valley Medical Center on Monday. - Eva Visperas, Ramon Efren
Lazaro, Cesar Ramirez, Ric Sapnu
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