Three close contacts of previously confirmed cases in Talisay City tested positive for COVID-19 according to the city’s update on September 6, 2020. FILE PHOTO
CEBU CITY, Philippines — After starting September with just 30 active cases, Talisay City’s number on its active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections is back at 51 base on its latest report posted on Sunday, September 6, 2020.
The city reported three additional infections with no new recoveries on Sunday. The new cases are all close contacts of previously confirmed cases.
One of the new cases, PT 825, is a 75-year-old from Barangay Maghaway. The patient is a first-generation contact of PT 807 who was reported for COVID-19 last September 1.
As of the September 5 data of the city, which was posted on Sunday, Talisay City has a total number of 888 confirmed cases with 743 recoveries and 87 deaths.
The city has been downgraded to the modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status last September 1 along with the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu and the towns of Minglanilla and Consolacion, joining the rest of Cebu province which was already under MGCQ since July 10. /bmjo
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