Laboratory Confirmed COVID19 Cases in Central Visayas, January 31—MAY 26, 2020
A. Epidemiologic Curve
On January 31, 2020 a Chinese national tourist was admitted at ACE Medical Center, Bohol. On January to February 2020, community contact tracing was conducted in Bohol and Negros Oriental. On March 06, 2020, Negros Oriental reported their first confirmed COVID19 case. On March 13, 2020 Cebu City reported their first confirmed COVID19 case. On April 20, 2020, Cebu City Jail, conducted swabbing activities among PDL and jail personnel. Cases peaked on April 30, 2020 when Cebu City Health Office conducted community contact tracing with simultaneous PCR testing (Figure 1).
B. Distribution of cases by Province/Highly Urbanized Cities (HUC)
A total of 2,554 Laboratory - Confirmed COVID19 cases with 53 deaths (CFR 2%) has been reported in Central Visayas from January 16 to May 26, 2020. The province with the highest number of confirmed cases were from Cebu (137, 5.36%). Among the HUCs, Cebu City has the highest (2086, 81.68% ) COVID19 confirmed cases (Figure 2).
C. Distribution of cases by Age Group and Sex
Majority (1585, 62%) of the cases were males. Age ranged from less than 1 year old to 101 year old, (Median=34 years old) and the most (600, 23.5%) affected age group is 21-30 year old (Figure 3).
D. Newly confirmed COVID19 cases
As of May 26, 2020, there were a total of 30 newly confirmed cases. Twenty-one (70%) newly confirmed cases came from Cebu City, five (17%) newly confirmed cases came from Mandaue City, and one (3.3%) newly confirmed cases came from Lapu-Lapu City (Table 1). Cebu province has three (3.4%) newly confirmed cases.
E. Status of Confirmed COVID19 Cases
One thousand nine hundred fifty-five (76.55%) of the confirmed cases were home isolated, 296 (11.59%) were admitted, and 250 (10%) cases were discharged (Table 2).
F. Distribution of Confirmed COVID19 Cases in Jails
Cebu City Jail has 416 (64.40%) confirmed cases, Mandaue City Jail has 189 (29.26%) confirmed cases, and Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation (CPDRC) has 41 (6.35%) confirmed cases (Figure 4).
Prepared by:
Eugenia Mercedes R. Cañal, MD, FPSMS, MBAHA
RESU/HEMS Cluster Head
Approved by:
Jaime S. Bernadas, MD, MGM, CESO III
Director IV
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