Cebu records 7th COVID-19 death
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines – Another patient died of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in Cebu on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths on the island province to seven.
Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella said the patient, a resident of Barangay Mambaling, was admitted at a hospital on April 18.
“Unfortunately, [the patient[ died before the positive results came out,” Labella said.
Neither Labella nor the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7)disclosed the age and gender of the patient.
Meanwhile, DOH 7 Director Jaime Bernadas also announced that there were three more individuals who tested positive for the COVID-19 in Cebu.
Two of the new cases are in Barangay Labangon and Barangay Mambaling in Cebu City and the third is in Lapu-Lapu City.
Article continues after this advertisementAs of this writing, the total number of COVID-19 cases on Cebu Island has reached 185, of whom 165 are in Cebu City
Article continues after this advertisementOn the other hand, the province has three cases while the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue have 11 and six cases respectively.
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