LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – Mandaon town in Masbate on Thursday, July 9, confirmed its firstThe Department of Health Center for Health Development in Bicol said the two arrived from Zambales on June 27. Both are asymptomatic and quarantined in an isolation facility in their town.
The two are among the 10 new confirmed cases in Bicol on Thursday, bringing to 208 the total number of cases in the region. Of this number, 117 are active cases.arrived from Rizal on June 29, and is a close contact of an earlier confirmed COVID-19 patient. The rest – 7 – are from Naga City. Health officials are verifying their history of exposure or travel.Health officials have attributed the rising coronavirus cases in Bicol to returning residents and close contacts of COVID-19 cases.in the region to curb the spread of the new virus. This was a day after the region recorded 24 new cases – the highest in a single day – all of them returning residents.
Glenn Mancera, Land Transportation Office Bicol acting operation division chief, said that the private vehicles – 7 vans and two sports utility vehicles – were “colorum” and were impounded at the LTO impounding area in Camarines Sur. From July 3 to 7, the Camarines Sur Incident Management Teamrecorded the entry of some 200 LSIs onboard colorum and private vehicles.As of Thursday, Camarines Sur has a total of 83 COVID-19 cases – the highest in the region. Albay has 82, Masbate has 18, Sorsogon has 11, Catanduanes has 8, while Camarines Norte has 6. –
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