Male frontliner is 37th COVID-19 patient of Occidental Mindoro
CITY OF CALAPAN –– A 23-year-old male frontliner in Calintaan town in Occidental Mindoro province is the 37th confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in the province, local authorities said Saturday.
The Provincial Health Office received the test result Saturday morning from the Philippine Red Cross, according to a post of the provincial government’s official Facebook account.
The patient underwent reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction swab testing last May 28.
He is asymptomatic and under isolation for monitoring.
Earlier, the province also recorded 26 new COVID-19 patients, who were construction workers from a Department of Public Works and Highways project in Magsaysay town.
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