La Union logs 40 new Covid cases

By Caren Grace R. Cabanayan

SAN FERNANDO CITY – Forty new Covid-19 positive cases were recorded in La Union province on Nov. 22. 
    Among these newly recorded infections, 15 were from the City of San Fernando, 10 are from Bauang, eight from Luna, three from San Juan, two from San Gabriel, and one each from the municipalities of Bacnotan and Bagulin. 
    In San Fernando City, six of them were residents of Barangay Pagdalagan, three from Lingsat, and one each for villages of Ilocanos Sur, Sevilla, Sagayad, Cadaclan, Camansi, and Biday.
    These patients were all asymptomatic. 
    They were housed at the city’s isolation facilities, except for the patient from Ilocanos Sur who was confined at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center (ITRMC) and that from Camansi who is now at the Lorma Medical Center. 
    In Bauang, seven were logged in  Payocpoc Sur and one each for villages of Baccuit Sur, Dili, and Acao. 
    All of them were asymptomatic, and seeking medications at various hospitals. 
    While in the municipality of Luna, five infections are from Alcala and three are from Salcedo.
     All of them are asymptomatic except for one who is manifesting symptoms.
    They were all confined at the ITRMC. 
     The three new cases in San Juan were from barangays Ili Sur, Catdungan, and Legleg.
     These patients were all asymptomatic and admitted at the La Union Medical Center in Agoo. 
Infections in San Gabriel were both asymptomatic and from Poblacion. 
     The newly-recorded case in Bagulin was a symptomatic patient from Alinbangsay village while the case in Bacnotan was another symptomatic patient from Barangay Cabaroan.
     These two were both confined at the La Union Medical Center. 
     These newly-recorded infections brought total number of 110 active cases in the province.
     Concerned local government units put residential compounds of the patients under lockdown for the next 14 days for disinfection and contact tracing. 
    Gov. Francisco Emmanuel Ortega III said the provincial government was closely monitoring the situation and providing necessary support to concerned LGUs. 
     “The Provincial Government is working with the respective local chief executives of the concerned LGUs. Necessary measures are ongoing such as the Covid-19 data analysis, intensified contact tracing, isolation procedures, and monitoring of hospital capacities,” Ortega said in a statement. -- PIA La Union