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Covid-19 claims 1st fatality in Zambo Peninsula
Zamboanga City has recorded its first COVID-19 fatality, a 94-year-old female patient identified as ZCP-07.
The patient, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 on April 9, passed away on April 21 at the Zamboanga City Medical Center due to respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia.
She was on a mechanical ventilator when transferred to ZCMC from a private hospital and had comorbidities.
Mayor Isabelle Climaco confirmed that the deceased is the first COVID-19 fatality in Zamboanga Peninsula.
The patient acquired the virus through local transmission and had no travel history outside the city.
There are now 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region, with eight from Zamboanga City.
As of April 21, three COVID-19 patients in the city are still admitted in hospitals, while six have recovered.
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