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Mindanao’s 1st COVID-19 case has no travel history —report
The Philippines has confirmed its first cases of COVID-19 in Mindanao and the Visayas, bringing the total number of affected regions to three.
The first COVID-19 case in Mindanao is a 54-year-old Filipino male, Patient 40, with no known travel history, who began experiencing symptoms on February 24 and is currently admitted to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City.
The Visayas case, Patient 39, is a 64-year-old male who is confined at Ace Dumaguete Doctors Inc.
Patient 39 had a history of visiting the Greenhills area in San Juan, which is considered a COVID-19 hotspot, and is currently being managed for severe acute respiratory infection in the ICU.
Test results for Patient 39 are expected within the next two to four days.
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