Zamboanga reports 30 COVID-19 cases, 19 new

Zamboanga City has reported a total of 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of May 2, with 19 new cases identified on that day.

Of the new cases, 18 are persons deprived of liberty (PDL) at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center and one is a BJMP personnel.

The city expects more positive results in the coming days as 119 specimens from PDLs and BJMP personnel were sent for testing on April 27 and April 30.

Zamboanga City remains under enhanced community quarantine until May 15 based on an IATF resolution.

On May 1, a suspected COVID-19 patient died while awaiting test results, bringing the total number of cases to 11 as of that day.

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