Baby from Leyte dies of COVID-19 | Inquirer News

Baby from Leyte dies of COVID-19

/ 02:50 PM September 02, 2020

TACLOBAN CITY –– A one-month-old baby was the latest fatality of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Eastern Visayas.

Dr. Minerva Molon, regional director of the Department of Health (DOH), said the baby from Javier town in Leyte province died last August 31 due to a respiratory illness but was later found to have acquired COVID-19.

As of Wednesday, Eastern Visayas has 3,064 cases of COVID-19, with 1,920 recoveries and 25 deaths.

Molon said new cases in the region came from Leyte province with 31 cases; Samar (26); Southern Leyte, (3); and Eastern Samar, (1).

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