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OFFICIAL STATEMENT NO. 37

NINETY ONE (91) NEW COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS, TOTAL CASES AT ONE THOUSAND EIGHTY ONE (1,081). RECORDED DEATHS REMAIN AT FIFTEEN (15).

3 May 2020

The Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CVCHD) through the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory (VSMMC SNL) has released as of 5:00 pm today, five hundred eighty-nine (589) test results. There is a total of ninety three (93) positive results, two (2) of which are repeat tests of previously confirmed cases. This brings the total confirmed cases in the region to one thousand eighty one (1,081). The region’s total number of deaths from those infected with COVID-19 remains at fifteen (15).

The new confirmed cases have further decreased the case fatality rate or the percentage of deaths among those who are infected with COVID-19 from 1.5% to 1.38%. It is way below the global average of 6.4%.

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OFFICIAL STATEMENT NO. 36

ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR (124) NEW COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS, TOTAL CASES AT NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY (990). RECORDED DEATHS INCREASE TO FIFTEEN (15)

2 May 2020

The Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CVCHD) through the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory (VSMMC SNL) has released as of 5:00pm today, six hundred and six (606) test results. There was a total of one hundred and twenty-five (125) positive results, with one (1) of the results being repeat tests of previously confirmed positive cases. This brings the total confirmed cases in the region to nine hundred and ninety (990). The region recorded two (2) additional deaths, bringing the total deaths from those infected with COVID-19 to fifteen (15).

The first mortality is an eighty year (80) old female from Cebu Province. She died last 30 April 2020. She was initially managed as a case of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) but test results revealed she was positive for COVID 19. Contact tracing activities have already been initiated among her immediate contacts.

The second death is a newly confirmed case. He is a thirty nine (39) year old male person deprived of liberty (PDL) from Mandaue City Jail. He was referred to a government hospital due to symptoms of SARI. Contact tracing activities have been ongoing since the first confirmed case in the said jail was recorded.

We join their families in praying for their eternal rest.

The additional confirmed cases and deaths have not changed the case fatality rate or the percentage of deaths among those who are infected with COVID-19as it remains at 1.5%. It still lower compared to the global average of 6.4%.

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OFFICIAL STATEMENT NO. 35

TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (233) NEW COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS, TOTAL CASES AT EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY NINE (869). RECORDED DEATHS INCREASE BY ONE (1), TOTAL DEATHS NOW AT THIRTEEN (13)

30 APRIL and 1 MAY 2020

The Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CVCHD) through the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory (VSMMC SNL) has released as of 5:00 pm today, one thousand thirty two (1,032) test results. There is a total of two hundred forty (240) positive results, seven (7) of which are repeat tests of previously confirmed cases. This brings the total confirmed cases in the region to eight hundred sixty nine (869). The number of deaths with COVID-19 increased to thirteen (13) with one (1) recorded death from one of the municipalities of the Province of Cebu.

The additional mortality is a fifty eight (58) year old male with existing underlying medical conditions who presented with symptoms consistent with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) causing him to be brought to a private hospital where he was tested for COVID-19. Patient expired on the same date of admission.

The additional confirmed cases have further decreased the case fatality rate or the percentage of deaths among those who are infected with COVID-19 from 1.9% to 1.5%. It is still lower compared to the global average of 6.4%.

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OFFICIAL STATEMENT NO. 34

THIRTY-SIX (36) NEW COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS, TOTAL CASES AT SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SIX (636). ONE (1) DEATH RECORDED IN THE REGION, TOTAL DEATHS NOW AT TWELVE (12).

29 APRIL 2020

The Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH CVCHD) through the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Sub-National Laboratory (VSMMC SNL) has released, as of 5:00 pm today, four hundred seventy-one (471) test results. There are thirty-seven (37) positive results which includes one (1) repeat test of a previously confirmed case. The total confirmed cases in the region is now at six hundred thirty-six (636). The number of deaths with COVID-19 increased by one (1) bringing the total deaths to twelve (12).

Twenty (20) of the new cases are recorded in Cebu Province, seventeen (17) of whom are persons deprived of liberty (PDL) from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC). The remaining three (3) are residents in the municipalities of the Province of Cebu. With these additional cases, there are now twenty-five (25) total cases in the province of Cebu. Cebu City also have nine (9) additional cases bringing its total number of cases to five hundred fifty-five (555). Mandaue City has five (5) new cases with the total cases in the city now at seventeen (17) while Lapu-Lapu City has two (2) additional cases bringing its total cases to thirty-four (34).

The additional death recorded for today is a forty-four (44) year old male from a municipality in the Province of Cebu. He had existing medical conditions aside from being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.