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OFFICIAL STATEMENT NO. 38
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGTHY-EIGHT (188) NEW COVID-19 CASES IN CENTRAL VISAYAS, TOTAL CASES AT ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE (1,269).
TWO (2) ADDITONAL RECORDED DEATHS, TOTAL DEATHS NOW AT SEVENTEEN (17).
4 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 and twenty-eight (528) test results. There was a total of one hundred and eighty-nine (189) positive results, with one (1) of the results being repeat test of previously confirmed positive cases. This brings the total confirmed cases in the region to one thousand two hundred and sixty-nine (1,269). The region recorded two (2) additional deaths today, total deaths from those infected with COVID-19 now at seventeen (17).
The one hundred and eighty-seven (187) cases in Cebu City are from four (4) barangays. One hundred and eighty-four (184) cases are from contact tracing activities in Brgy. Mambaling, the other three barangays have one (1) case each. All of the new cases reported today are detected in the community and none are admitted. The oldest case for the day is sixty-eight (68) years old and the youngest is four (4) years old.
The two added deaths are both admitted patients. The first death is a seventy-six (76) year-old male, person deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) who died on 29 April 2020. The second death is sixty-five (65) year-old male who died on 3 May 2020. He is from Brgy. Mambaling. The DOH CVCHD is coordinating with the hospital where both were admitted for the final determination of the causes of death.
The additional confirmed cases and additional deaths have slightly decreased the case fatality rate or the percentage of deaths among those who are infected with COVID-19 from 1.38% to 1.33% . It still lower compared to the global average of 6.4%.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON COMMUNITY TESTING
The Community Testing is totally different from any form of surveillance activity, massive or otherwise.
Disease surveillance is a regular continuous process of detecting trends of any health conditions in a community.
The Community Testing is not a form of surveillance but is akin to a method of prevalence survey, which can be used as a concrete database for initiating disease surveillance.
Prevalence survey is measured by identifying old and new cases of a particular disease in proportion to the total at-risk population in a specific community over a given period of time.
It makes use of scientific methodologies involving sample size calculation, unbiased sampling techniques (such as simple random sampling) and known laboratory detection tools (Rapid antibody testing and rtPCR testing) in order to measure the burden of disease in the community.
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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. 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. 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%.