Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 12) – Cities in the regions are reporting more COVID-19 recoveries this week.
In a social media post on Sunday, Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco announced that the city’s first COVID-19 patient has tested negative and has been discharged.
Zamboanga City recorded its first COVID-19 case on March 24, a 29-year-old male from Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City, who traveled from Manila.
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The local official expressed gratitude to the medical team who took care and aided the patient in his recovery.
As of April 12, Zamboanga City has reported seven confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Over in Eastern Visayas, the second COVID-19 patient also tested negative for the disease.
The Department of Health regional office announced this after the result of the second swab sample turned out negative for the disease.
“All of the 28 swab specimens comprising the 7th Batch of samples sent by DOH8 to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City tested negative,” the statement said.
The patient, who is a doctor from Calbayog City, is expected to be discharged from the hospital but he will undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine.
The region has two remaining COVID-19 patients, both of whom were in close contact with the patient from Calbayog City.
The two are health workers at Tarangnan Community Hospital in Tarangnan, Samar.
As of April 11, Eastern Visayas has a total of 278 persons under investigation (PUIs), 28 of which are admitted in hospitals while 250 are on home isolation.
Stringer Wil Mark Amazona contributed to this report.
