103 patients negative for COVID-19 in Oriental Mindoro mass testing

CITY OF CALAPAN — One hundred and three patients from Oriental Mindoro tested negative for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Governor Humerlito Dolor, in his public report, said on Sunday.

These are patients numbers 179 to 281. The youngest is 11 months old and the oldest is 78 years old.

They come from Calapan, Puerto Galera, Baco, Socorro, Victoria, Naujan, Gloria, Pinamalayan, Bongabong, Mansalay, Roxas, and Antipolo City.

The province still awaits 81 more results from the mass testing done mid-April.

The results of some Persons Under Investigation (now called COVID-19 suspects) whose specimens were submitted to the Department of Health – Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit are still pending.

Some more specimens from remaining patients are to be sent to the testing laboratory Sunday, said Dolor.

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