Talisay City logs 2 deaths, 19 new COVID cases on July 17
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two senior citizens were added to Talisay City’s list of COVID-related fatalities on Friday, July 17.
Its newest deaths were an 81-year-old female resident of Barangay Lawaan I and a 67-year-old male from Barangay Mohon.
The two died on July 14 and 17 respectively and ahead of the release of their swab test results, said an advisory from the City Public Information Office (PIO).
Both were admitted to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), PIO said.
Also on July 17, Talisay City logged 19 new cases of the coronavirus disease bringing its total number of confirmed cases to 617 with seven new recoveries.
The city’s new cases came from Barangays Poblacion, San Roque, San Isidro, Cansojong, Tabunok, Lagtang, Pooc, Lawaan I, Lawaan 2, Lawaan 3, and Linao.
Its new cases included seven health care workers coming from Barangays Poblacion, Cansojong, Tabunok, Pooc, Lawaan 3, and San Roque. All of the seven were swabbed as a part of the routine testing for medical frontliners.
The patients from Barangays Poblacion, Pooc, Lawaan 3 and San Roque have remained asymptomatic since they tested positive for the infection.
However, the patient from Barangay Cansojon, a 35-year-old health care worker, is already scheduled for transfer to the quarantine facility of the hospital where she is working for after she manifested symptoms of a mild Influenza-like Illness (ILI). On the other hand, the 61-year-old male doctor from Barangay Tabunok has already recovered from his infection and was discharged from the hospital on Thursday, July 16. The doctor was swabbed and admitted at the South General Hospital on July 10 for ILI. / dcbDisclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.
