La Union: 472 Covid- 19 cases, 16 deaths

By Joanne Namnama P. Dilim

SAN FERNANDO CITY – La Union province recorded a total of 472  confirmed Covid-19 cases of which 43 were active, 413 recovered and 16 died.
     Twenty-one new cases of Covid-19 cases were recorded in La Union on Oct. 31.
    On its official Facebook page, the provincial government 13 of the new cases were from municipalities: Agoo,3; Rosario, 3; 1, Burgos and two each from San Juan and the City of San Fernando. 
    All new cases of Agoo town were males aged 21 to 30 from Barangay San Antonio.
    Eight were symptomatic while five had no symptoms of the virus.
    They all had history of exposure to a positive case and are now quarantined at Agoo Academy Training Center.
    The case of Burgos was a 38-year-old asymptomatic male from New Poblacion village.
    He had no history of exposure and travel and is currently under strict home quarantine.
     The two new cases of the City of San Fernando were both males. One was from Poro village aged 25, asymptomatic, and with history of travel outside La Union.
    He is now admitted to an isolation facility.
    The other case was from Barangay Parian, a 32-year-old symptomatic patient who had no history and exposure and travel.
    He had been admitted at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC), this city.
    Cases in San Juan were from Ili Sur village – a 25-year-old male and a 30-year-old female – who are both asymptomatic, no history of exposure and travel, and presently under strict quarantine in a barracks.
    Meanwhile, the three new cases from Rosario town: a 70-year-old male from Barangay Amlang, asymptomatic, no history of exposure and travel and 30-year-old female from Barangay Tay-ac, asymptomatic with history of travel outside La Union.
    Both were admitted at the ITRMC. The third case was from a 22-year-old male from Cataguintingan village, asymptomatic, and had no history of exposure and travel.
    He is currently under strict home quarantine. -- PIA La Union