Pangasinan, La Union report new COVID-19 cases after zero infections

Pangasinan and La Union provinces in the Ilocos region have reported new COVID-19 infections after maintaining zero cases for over two weeks.

The new cases have raised concerns as the low-risk region was preparing to ease quarantine measures.

In Pangasinan, a 29-year-old resident of Asingan town, who had a travel history to the National Capital Region, tested positive for the virus.

This individual, an authorized person outside residence, had shown symptoms in late April and sought medical consultation in early May.

Pangasinan had previously gone 18 days without new cases, bringing its total to 40 cases with 4 active.

Additionally, a woman in Sta. Barbara town, Pangasinan, tested positive via rapid test after traveling from Tondo, Manila, and is awaiting confirmatory test results.

She was hospitalized due to an aneurysm and subsequently tested.