6 more die due to COVID-19 complications in E. Visayas
TACLOBAN CITY – Six more persons in Eastern Visayas have died due to the complications caused by the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the latest fatalities are as follows:
- a 79-year-old woman from Tanauan, Leyte who died last Dec.11;
- a 55-year-old man from Gandara town in Samar, and, a 56-year-old woman from Victoria, Northern Samar who both died on Dec.16;
- an 85-year-old woman from Ormoc City, and a 58-year-old woman from Oras, Eastern Samar who both died on Dec.17; and,
- a 68-year-old man from Catbalogan City, Samar who succumbed on Dec.18.
As of Sunday, the region has a total of 10,125 COVID-19 cases.
On Sunday, at least 124 new cases were recorded in the region.
Ormoc City in Leyte posted the highest number of new COVID-19 new cases with 33, pushing its active cases to 163.
Mayor Richard Gomez has issued an executive order to strengthen its border control due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the city.
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