Navotas City records 1st COVID-19 case; patient dies | Inquirer News

Navotas City records 1st COVID-19 case; patient dies

By: - Reporter / @KHallareINQ
/ 05:52 PM March 28, 2020

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Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines — Navotas City has recorded its first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the local government reported Saturday.

That person recorded as the city’s first case, however, died, according to data provided by the Navotas City LGU posted on Twitter.

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According to city Mayor Toby Tiangco, cases in Navotas is expected to rise as the patient came from a place that was usually crowded.

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Meanwhile, the LGU added that the city has 125 persons under monitoring (PUM) for the viral disease, as well as 21 persons under investigation (PUI).

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A person is considered a PUM if he/she has history of travel to a country where local transmission of COVID-19 was recorded, but is asymptomatic.

One is considered a PUI, meanwhile, is he/she has history of travel, and is symptomatic, meaning he/she has signs of respiratory illness, dry cough or fever.

As of Saturday, the country’s COVID-19 cases reached 1,075, with 68 deaths and 35 recoveries.

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