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Sulu confirms first coronavirus case
Sulu province has officially confirmed its first case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a 63-year-old male from Indanan town who died on April 19.
His positive test results were only released on April 30, with the provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) prioritizing contact tracing due to his lack of travel history or known exposure.
Sulu struggled to get residents tested, with only Davao City having a testing center in Mindanao at the time.
This case brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 11, including 4 deaths.
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