Saturday, August 22, 2020

DOH: Five new Region 2 Covid cases; 4 in Kalinga


By Oliver T. Baccay

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan -- The Dept. of Health Region 2 has confirmed five new COVID-19 positive cases in the region and four others who are natives of Cagayan province but were infected in Tabuk City, Kalinga.
In the latest report of DOH region 2, four of the new cases are from Isabela province while one from Cagayan.
The new cases are: CV 524 who is a 40-year-old female from Aurora Isabela; CV 525, a 27-year-old male from Alicia, Isabela; CV 526, a 47-year-old female from Rizal, Cagayan; CV 527, a 26-year-old female from San Guillermo, Isabela; and CV 528, a 38-year-old female from Echague Isabela.
Regional Director Rio L. Magpantay said all the newly confirmed cases are locally stranded individuals and asymptomatic except for CV 524 who experienced cough. 
He also said three of them are at their respective LGU quarantine facility while the two others are on home quarantine.
The DOH also confirmed that there were four Cagayanos who tested positive for COVID-19 after attending a religious gathering in Tabuk City, Kalinga on July 27.
These four cases include a 41-year-old male from Amulung town, followed by a 49-year-old female from Baggao, a 50-year-old female from Alcala and a 55-year-old female, another from Baggao. 
Magpantay said the four cases were exposed to a positive case in the said city. After their swab tests yielded positive results on Aug. 12, they were no longer given permission to return immediately in their respective towns in Cagayan.
As of writing, they are now at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center last August 15 for appropriate medical attention.
With this, there are already 536 total cases confirmed by DOH in which 523 are the actual cases for region 2, nine for National Capital Region and four for Cordillera Administrative Region.  (MDCT/OTB/PIA 2-Cagayan) 


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