EOC’s report: Most new cases in Cebu City come from ‘outside transmissions’

pero kahinganlan mas mag matngon ta niing atong pagluag karon,” Garganera said.EOC logged 118 new cases of the infection from Oct. 3 to 16, 2020, and most of these new cases were traced to have come from outside transmissions. Only 14 of these were from household transmissions.

A total of 26 Locally Stranded Individuals , returning Overseas Filipino Workers , and Authorized Persons Outside Residence top the list of individuals who got their infections from outside sources. Second on the EOC list are 19 individuals who visited public markets followed by 17 others who claimed that they got their infections from their workmates.Other sources of infection, according to EOC’s tally, are detention facilities – 9, supermarkets – 6, neighborhood transmission – 4, karenderia – 2, workplace-related – 2, delivery services – 2, and hospital-acquired – 1.

The city already posted a recovery rate of 91 percent on Sunday, Oct. 18, after documenting a total of 9,276 recovered patients. Its total confirmed cases, on other hand, are at 10,171 while its mortalities are at 679.Read NextThe comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.

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