COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reported on Sunday the highest number of patients who recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a single day since the start of the pandemic, the region’s Ministry of Health reported.
Dr. Amirel Usman, BARMM health minister, said a total of 216 patients had recovered from COVID-19 across the region on Sunday, the highest number of recovery in one day since the height of the lockdown on March 18 this year. The new recoveries brought to a total of 1,773 the total number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 in the region since the start of the pandemic.
“The recovery figures are very encouraging,” said Mohd Asnin Pendatun, speaking for the BARMM’s Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19. “We remain (at) the bottom nationwide among the regions having the lowest number of COVID-19 cases,” he added.
The region has a total of 2,160 COVID-19 cases after six new cases were reported but remained to have the lowest confirmed cases in the country.
Lanao del Sur, which includes Marawi City, remains on top with most number of cases at 1,050 followed by Maguindanao with 530. Pendatun said the number of COVID-19-related deaths stands at 78.
“We are doubling our efforts to flatten the curve,” Dr. Usman said.