Eastern Visayas’ COVID-19 death toll now 6
TACLOBAN CITY–Two more persons died of COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas, bringing the region’s fatality tally to six.
The Department of Health (DOH) said the latest deaths involved a 74-year-old woman from Dulag town and an 80-year-old man from Ormoc City, both in Leyte province.
Dr. Exuperia Sabalberino, DOH assistant regional director, said the man, who had been stranded, died on Aug. 7 while the female patient died last Aug. 11.
Both were buried immediately.
As of Wednesday, Eastern Visayas has 1,363 COVID-19 cases.
The historic town of Balangiga, Eastern Samar province logged its first COVID-19 case involving a 34-year-old man who returned to the town from Parañaque City, said Jonalyn Nandoza, a nurse at the town’s rural health unit.
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