Benguet Covid-9 cases reach 104 with 1 death

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – Covid-19 positive cases  in Benguet breached the 100-mark  on August 11. 

The Provincial Health Office confirmed 13 new cases recorded on August 10 and 11 bringing the confirmed cases of Benguet to 104. 

Additional 15 new confirmed cases were recorded August 13.  

 As of August 14, data from the Public Information Office of Benguet showed the province now has 122 cases with 68 who recovered and 58 active cases admitted at the Benguet General Hospital and facilities in Baguio City. 

The province recorded one death, a 58-year- old male from Itogon town. 

Four returning overseas Filipino workers who contracted the disease are in the province but not reflected in data of Benguet as they have been recorded in the DOH national data.

Gov.  Melchor Diclas said 10 percent cases were asymptomatic.

The 90 percent were asymptomatic cases who recovered from the disease.

Benguet now has the second most number of cases in the Cordillera next to Baguio City which recorded 214 confirmed cases as of Aug. 13.  

Baguio City breached the 100 cases on July 28.

Cases doubled in just two weeks with lifting of travel restrictions allowing more movements among citizens and intensified testing and contact tracing initiatives.

Meanwhile, the municipality of Kabayan in Benguet remains  the only  Covid-free town.

Mayor Faustino Aquisan said he was keen on keeping the municipality as is through strict implementation of minimum public health standards, stricter border control and guidelines for those coming to and from Kabayan.

Diclas urged  Benguet residents to strictly adhere to the public health standards and other health protocols to prevent transmission of  Covid-19  in the province as neighboring areas increased in  cases. -- PIA CAR