ILOILO City – Another personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bring the regional bureau’s confirmed cases to four.
This latest BJMP case is a 52-year-old male from La Paz district here. He is now Western Visayas’ Patient No. 112 although asymptomatic.
According to Dr. Renilyn Reyes of the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 yesterday, it was still unclear if this case contracted the disease from the three earlier COVID-19 cases of BJMP-6.
The three cases were the following:
* 25-year-old female from Lapuz, Iloilo City (Patient No. 106), still on facility quarantine
* 23-year-old-male from Banate, Iloilo (Patient No. 100), recovered
* 31-year-old male from Zarraga, Iloilo (Patient No. 59), recovered
Patient No. 112 was one of two new COVID-19 cases in the region confirmed by DOH yesterday. The other case was a 36-year-old-female from Bacolod City (Patient No. 113) – a healthcare worker.
Patient 113, asymptomatic, is on facility quarantine.
Overall in the region, confirmed cases reached 113 as of yesterday with 81 patients having already recovered. The mortality, on the other hand, still stood at 10.
Here’s the breakdown of the 113 cases:
* Aklan – six
* Antique – 14
* Capiz – six
* Iloilo province – 20
* Negros Occidental – three
* Bacolod City – 10
* Iloilo City – 19
* repatriates – 35 (Aklan, two; Antique, four; Guimaras, three; Iloilo province, four; Negros Occidental, seven; Bacolod City, four; Iloilo City, 11)
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Some patients may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat or diarrhea. These symptoms are usually mild and begin gradually. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don’t feel unwell.
The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales.
These droplets also land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth./PN
