Active COVID-19 cases in Talisay City down to 87
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The active cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Talisay City has dropped to below 100 with only 87 cases left from the 763 confirmed cases.
The Talisay City Public Information Office, in a late-night post on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, reported that the city recorded an additional 23 recoveries.
The city also recorded six more COVID-19 cases from Barangays Poblacion, San Isidro, Tapul, Maghaway, Biasong, and Linao.
Two of the new cases, a 26-year-old male from Tapul and a 34-year-old male from Linao, were asymptomatic and were only swabbed due to company protocol.
Two other cases, a 31-year-old male from Poblacion and a 57-year-old female from Maghaway, were swabbed for being exposed to a positive case.
The rest of the cases were swabbed due to influenza-like symptoms.
The most number of active cases are in Barangay Bulacao with 12 cases followed by Barangay Cansojong with 8 cases.
Two deaths were recorded, raising the death toll to 77.
Just recently, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, the IATF overseer for the Visayas, said three local government units (LGUs) , including Talisay City, are “heading towards the direction” of being downgraded to a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) due to the decreasing number of active cases.
The two others are Consolacion and Minglanilla. /bmjo
Read: Talisay, Consolacion, Minglanilla heading to MGCQ — Cimatu
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