40 Ilocos Sur Covid cases; 8 in Candon

NUEVA VIZCAYA Gov. Carlos Padilla orders police on Tuesday to form task force and apprehend colorum vehicles transporting undocumented locally stranded individuals in the province. -- PIA 

By April M. Bravo

CANDON CITY – The number of Covid-19 cases has reached 40 in Ilocos Sur as the Candon City government reported two new cases on July 31 and August 1, bringing the city’s total infection to eight.

Both patients are asymptomatic and authorized persons outside residence (APOR), one a midwife and a frontliner.

The city’s seventh Covid-19 case, referred to as patient IS-C45, is a 28-year-old male of Barangay Allangigan Primero who has no travel history.

 He was exposed to locally stranded individuals (LSIs), returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) and frontliners.

He is now admitted at the Narvacan District Hospital isolation facility and in stable condition.

The city’s eighth case, referred to as patient IS-C46, is a 28-year-old male of Barangay Bagani Tocgo and travelled to the National Capital Region on official business.

He was exposed to patients IS-C37 (fourth case in Candon City), IS-C38 (fifth case) and IS-C45 (seventh case); LSIs; ROFs and various patients.
He is now confined at Sta. Lucia District Hospital isolation facility and also on stable condition.

City Mayor Ericson Singson had ordered the enforcement of the community containment strategy in Barangay Allangigan Primero from July 31 to August 14 and in Barangay  Bagani Tocgo from August 1-15. 

All residents, he said, are expected to follow strictly their respective quarantine classifications.

“Contact tracing is now going with proper coordination to all agencies concerned and to mitigate further transmission of the disease,” Singson said.

He appealed to residents to continue practicing minimum public health standards of the Department of Health.

He also condemned discrimination against folks with suspected Covid-19, health workers and their families.

“Violators will be penalized,” he added.

To date, the province of Ilocos Sur has 40 active cases of Covid-19 while six have recovered.  -- JCR/AMB/PIA Ilocos Sur