Press Release/31 March 2020
The Department of Health – Eastern Visayas Center for Health reports today additional one (1) new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas. This bring the total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Region to two (2). The second confirmed case was part of the second batch of 22 sample sent to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center for COVID-19 testing.
The second confirmed positive case is a 63 year old male from Calbayog City with history of travel to Manila and arrived in the region last March 8, 2020 with symptoms of dry cough. He was admitted on March 21, 2020 in a local hospital and later discharged with a diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia and was sent home with medication and advised home isolation.
During his home isolation, his dry cough persisted prompting him to be referred for a nasopharyngeal swab last March 25, 2020. Patients condition is improved, however because of high risk condition belonging to vulnerable groups, he is now to be transferred to our referral hospital for further monitoring and management.
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