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Covid-19 patient in Negros Oriental dies
A 62-year-old councilor from Tayasan, Negros Oriental, the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the province and Central Visayas, has died.
He passed away Sunday morning at Silliman University Medical Center in Dumaguete City due to complications from the virus.
The deceased was an immunocompromised patient who had a kidney transplant.
He had recently traveled to Metro Manila to attend a Philippine Councilor's League national congress at SMEX in Pasay City and visited Greenhills in San Juan.
He began showing symptoms on March 7 and was first confined at ACE Dumaguete Doctors Hospital before being transferred to SUMC's ICU on March 10.
Approximately 240 individuals who had direct contact with the councilor have been advised to undergo a 14-day self-quarantine.
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