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Western Visayas records highest single-day COVID-19 deaths
Western Visayas reported five new COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, August 8, 2020, bringing the region's total fatalities to 31.
The region also recorded 92 new confirmed positive cases, including local cases, locally stranded individuals, and returning overseas Filipinos.
The new fatalities include two males from Negros Occidental (ages 57 and 61), a male and a female from Iloilo City (ages 40 and 68), and a female from Aklan (age 48).
The previous report on August 9 indicated two new deaths, including a seven-year-old girl from Iloilo province, which brought the total fatalities to 26.
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