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DOH-8 confirms 10 Delta variant COVID-19 cases, 1 death
The Department of Health (DOH-8) confirmed 10 cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Eastern Visayas, with one death.
The detected cases include five individuals from Borongan City, three from Can-avid, one from Arteche, and one from Tacloban City.
The cases include a returning Overseas Filipino from Saudi Arabia, a Person Deprived of Liberty, a pregnant woman, and a 78-year-old lung cancer patient who died.
The DOH-8 stated that local transmission is still under investigation as the confirmed cases have no reported travel history outside the region, except for the ROF.
These cases are among 97 samples from Eastern Visayas sent for testing to the Philippine Genome Center in June and July.
The DOH-8 warned that the Delta variant is 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant and thrice more contagious than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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