The seven new cases in the town include five from Barangay Maya and two from BarangayPoblacion. Of the seven, Patient 60, a 16-year-old boy from Maya, is the youngest while Patient 56, a 58-year-old woman, is the oldest.
In its bulletin, the local government said patients 56 to 60 were experiencing colds while patients 61 and 62 were asymptomatic or were not having any symptoms of the infection. The LGU said contact tracing activities had already been conducted for the contacts of the newly-confirmed cases. The town, located at the northernmost tip of mainland Cebu, now has a total of 62 cases with 38 recoveries and one death.In the past months, the number of active cases in the town had dropped to as low as one. However, the active cases resurged to double digits at least twice since last June./dbsThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews.
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