Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 14) — Tuguegarao City in Cagayan province north of Metro Manila confirmed on Saturday one case of the highly transmissible Delta variant, but its mayor warned there could be more.
“It’s not only one, dahil may kasama siya sa mga bahay nila na nag-positive. Siguro hindi napadala sa genome center,” Mayor Jefferson Soriano said in a virtual briefing.
[Translation: It’s not only one, because the patient has companions in the house who were also positive. Maybe their samples were not sent to the genome center.]
He said the patient tested positive for COVID-19 on July 13 and two home companions also got infected.
Soriano said these people have recovered.
Given the limited genome sequencing capacity, the Health department said it only obtains samples in areas with high cases.
The country has so far detected 627 Delta cases, the agency said Thursday.
