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Samar town records 2 new Covid-19 cases
Two new COVID-19 cases, EV 27 (16 years old) and EV 28 (44 years old), were confirmed in Tarangnan, Samar, increasing the total number of cases in Eastern Visayas to 28.
These new cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Tarangnan town to 23, with nine active cases and 14 recoveries.
Both new patients are asymptomatic; the teenager lived with a COVID-19 patient, and the man was a close contact of another positive case.
The patients are currently in the town's temporary treatment and monitoring facility, with plans to transfer them if further management is needed.
DOH 8 Director Minerva Molon stated that they expect case numbers to rise as testing expands in Tarangnan.
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