The city now has a total of 2,539 recoveries. Active cases are now down to 272, as of Nov. 20.
The number of fatalities remained at 39.
There were also 10 new
cases, two of whom were contact traced, three were tested at work, and five
were symptomatic.
City Health Officer Dr.
Rowena Galpo reported as of Nov. 18, the number of active cases in the city has
been down to 17.26 percent of the total number of cases, while recoveries
increased to 81.34 percent.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong said
the downtrend in the city’s cases had been slow, owing to factors like
reopening of economic activities, eased up restrictions and local
transmissions.
Magalong said the
public’s movement in Metro Baguio may also be a factor as people from other
municipalities could freely move in and out of the city, and this may be a
factor, especially if these local government units do not implement their own
control measures.
He said to enhance
infection control, the city implemented measures, including tightening border
restrictions between the city and its neighbors, imposing new restrictions for
people aged 65 years and above, enhancing monitoring of establishments in
implementing minimum health standards, imposing a modified ban on liquor
consumption and social gatherings, among others.
“This is also in
response to the call of the medical community for enhanced control measures in
the light of the increase in the number of severe cases and fatalities in the
past days,” said Magalong.
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