PUERTO PRINCESA CITY –– Barangay Santa Monica in this city is now an emerging hotspot of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the province with a total of six confirmed cases, the largest number so far in just one community in Palawan.
This, after another COVID-19 positive patient, was recorded in the village on Friday, marking the 6th confirmed case in this community.
Dr. Dean Palanca, city incident commander, in a briefing aired live on Facebook page Friday, said the patient is a 27-year-old female resident of Sta. Monica, who was not a close contact of any previously reported confirmed cases in the province.
“This is in addition to the community transmission cases reported yesterday, this is separate. [The patient] has a different surname, different family, so this is a separate community transmission in the same barangay,” Palanca said.
The patient was quarantined in one of the city’s facilities. The contact tracing for the new case is ongoing.
The recent development brings the total COVID-19 positive tally to 23 in the entire Palawan.
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