Eastern Visayas map. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
TACLOBAN CITY — Eastern Visayas has only five remaining cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, Feb. 27, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
Two of the active cases are in Tacloban City and one each in Barugo, Leyte; Marabut, Samar, and Biliran.
Since the pandemic broke out, the DOH has recorded 64,720 COVID-19 cases in the region.
Jelyn Lopez Malibago, DOH regional information officer, said there are no severe or critical cases due to the virus.
Last Feb. 21, however, a 39-year-old man from Jaro, Leyte succumbed to the viral infection.
“It was considered to be an incidental COVID-19 case as the patient was tested positive after being hospitalized for an ailment,” Malibago said.
The number of fatalities due to COVID-19 in the region has now reached 693 since the pandemic started in March 2020.
“The public is reminded that an intensified vaccination rollout against COVID-19 is still being conducted all over the region. Vaccines are still our best defense against the virus and its variants,” Malibago said.