Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 31) – Two towns and one province in Luzon confirm their first COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
Angono, Rizal Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon confirmed the first case of the disease in their town via Facebook Live.
The patient is from Barangay San Isidro and currently confined in a hospital, she said.
Dagupan City in Pangasinan also recorded its first cases of the disease today. In a statement, the city government confirmed there are four cases in their area.
Two of the positive cases in Dagupan City are in their self-imposed quarantine in their home at Barangay Poco Chico. Due to these new cases, Mayor Marc Brian Lim ordered a total lockdown in the said barangay.
The two other COVID-19 positive patients in Dagupan are currently isolated in the Region I Medical Center. Lim clarified there is no lockdown in the area of the said hospital.
Ilocos Norte also announced its first COVID-19 cases in the province.
The provincial government confirmed their first two cases in a Facebook post. The patients are confined at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center.
Contact tracing is now ongoing for all the three places which declared their first COVID-19 cases today.
The respective leaders of the three areas in Luzon urged their citizens to stay at home to prevent the spread of the disease in their locality.
The Department of Health announced today a new all-time high number of COVID-19 cases recorded in a single day in the country. A total of 538 cases were added to the tally as the Philippines now has 2,084 confirmed cases of the disease. Some 88 persons died and 49 patients recovered from the virus.
