Manila Bulletin
Eastern Visayas has PH’s highest COVID-19 recovery rate
Eastern Visayas has the highest COVID-19 recovery rate in the country at 93 percent.
As of July 16, 2020, the region has recorded 656 confirmed cases with 610 recoveries and 43 active cases.
Out of 104 infected health workers, 103 have recovered, and the DOH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Minerva Molon confirmed there has been no second-generation COVID-19 transmission among them.
The majority of COVID-19 patients in the region, 92 percent, remain asymptomatic, while seven percent have mild symptoms, and three have died.
Over 75 percent of the cases were acquired outside the region, primarily from returning residents like OFWs and LSIs.
Three new cases were reported, including two LSIs from Calbiga, Samar, and a 21-year-old female from Tacloban City who is a post-partum patient at EVRMC and may have had local transmission.
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