Occidental Mindoro reports first COVID-19 Delta variant case
FILE PHOTO: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (greenish brown) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (pink), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/Handout via REUTERS.
CITY OF CALAPAN — Occidental Mindoro has logged its first COVID-19 Delta variant, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Occidental Mindoro and Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday.
Occidental Mindoro Gov. Eduardo Gadiano announced that the patient is a 27-year-old woman from Sablayan town, who is asymptomatic and on quarantine for monitoring.
Gadiano said he ordered the PHO and Municipal Health Office in Sablayan to immediately conduct a massive contact tracing of all primary and secondary contacts of the said patient.
Since the pandemic broke out in March last year, the province has reported a total of 2,212 COVID-19 cases, including 120 active cases, 2,021 recoveries, and 71 deaths, as of August 23.
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