Manila Bulletin
DOH E. Visayas identifies 14 areas with local COVID transmission
The Department of Health-Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-EVCHD) has identified 14 areas in Eastern Visayas with local transmission of COVID-19.
These areas include cities and towns across Leyte, Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran provinces.
Local transmission means cases were identified with exposure to confirmed patients, and the sources are identified.
At least 48 villages in the region are under investigation for possible clustering of cases.
Contact tracing efforts are intensified by local government units and the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU).
DOH-EVCHD reported that 98 percent of the confirmed cases have been traced, with their close contacts already tested.
The region also reported two new deaths from COVID-19.
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