Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 15) – Cagayan province had no confirmed COVID-19 cases for a week now, the provincial information office confirmed on Wednesday.
The province in the Cagayan Valley Region in northern Luzon had its last confirmed COVID-19 case on April 8. The patient has gotten well and was already discharged from the Cagayan Valley Medical Center.
Another patient suspected of COVID-19 in the province and also confined at the CVMC, tested negative Wednesday afternoon in his second swab test.
CVMC Chief Dr. Glen Matthew Baggao said there were no COVID-19 patients confined at the hospital from April 6 to 14.
All 14 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the province have recovered. A total of 18 suspected patients were previously confined in the hospital, all of whom have been discharged.
Baggao lauded the current health situation in the province, emphasizing they were able to lower the increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in their area.
Baggao reminded the residents not to be complacent on the situation and to still stay at home to further avert the spread of the virus in Cagayan province.
In the whole Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), there are 27 confirmed COVID-19 cases along with 21 recoveries and one fatality.
