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105-year-old man succumbs to COVID-19 in Western Visayas

[서울=아시아뉴스통신] 조날드 타파난기자 송고시간 2020-09-03 03:00

Regional epidemiologist, Dr. Jessie Glen Alonsabe said the total cumulative Covid-29 cases in Western Visayas have reached 4,842. The region has 2,365 active cases, 2,399 recoveries, and 78 deaths. (Photo from: Perla Lena)


[아시아뉴스통신=조날드 타파난 기자] A 105-year-old man from Maasin, Iloilo was one of the two reported deaths from COVID-19 in Western Visayas. The Department of Health - Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) 6 (Western Visayas) said the two deaths increased the region’s COVID-19 mortality rate to 78 as of Tuesday.
The fatalities were both elderly: the 105-year-old man died on August 26 while a 79-year-old woman from Bacolod City passed away on August 30.
 
“He was admitted (to) the Western Visayas Medical Center and has an underlying condition,” regional epidemiologist, Dr. Jessie Glen Alonsabe, said in a virtual presser.
Alonsabe added that the region has recorded 158 new confirmed cases and 92 new recoveries. The new cases raised the region’s total cumulative cases to 4,842, with 2,365 active cases and 2,399 recoveries. The new confirmed cases were from the 1,063 laboratory results released by the sub-national and molecular laboratories in the region.

 


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