CEBU CITY, Philippines—The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Cebu City has breached the 100 mark.
This developed after the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) reported an additional 84 new individuals were found out to be positive of the virus.
Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7 director, confirmed this in a phone interview with Cebu Daily News Digital.
It is also the biggest number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Cebu City in just one day.
As a result, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cebu City is now at 161.
The Cebu City Health Department announced that 82 of the 84 new cases of COVID-19 are from Sitio Zapatera in Barrio Luz while the other two are from Barangay Labangon.
Barrio Luz now has a total of 135 cases.
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