Prison employee is Occidental Mindoro’s 40th COVID-19 case
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY –– An employee of the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm (SPPF) is Occidental Mindoro’s 40th confirmed COVID-19 patient.
The Occidental Mindoro provincial government, in a statement issued Friday, said the patient is a 34-year-old female, who had no travel history.
The patient’s swab samples were taken on June 6 as part of expanded testing for prison personnel in the province.
The results returned on Friday from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.
Occidental Mindoro has 30 active COVID-19 cases, of which 26 are construction personnel of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
The province recorded nine recoveries and one death, as of Friday afternoon.
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