ILOILO City – Six of the nine cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Arevalo district here already recovered.
The Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 confirmed the recovery of three of the six cases. They were the following:
* 55-year-old female (Patient No. 73)
* 57-year-old female (Patient No. 79)
* 48-year-old female (Patient No. 80)
The three others recovered much earlier. They were a 46-year-old male (Patient No. 88), 48-year-old male (Patient No. 66) and a 33-year-old male (Patient No. 85).
Except for Patient No. 85 who was from Barangay Quezon, Arevalo, the rest of those who recovered were residents of Barangay Sto. Niño Sur, Arevalo.
According to Dr. Ma. Julia Villanueva, assistant regional director of DOH-6, the three remaining yet-to-recover COVID-19 cases in Arevalo were also Iloilo City’s remaining such patients. They were the following:
* 37-year-old male (Patient No. 104)
* 39-year-old female (Patient No. 93)
* 43- year-old female (Patient No. 78)
As of May 28, Iloilo City’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were at 18 with 13 having recovered and only one mortality.
Thus as of yesterday, Iloilo City had four remaining active cases. These were the following:
* 25-year-old-female from Lapuz district (region’s Patient No. 106)
* 37-year-old male from Arevalo district (Patient No. 104)
* 39-year-old female from Arevalo (Patient No. 93)
* 43-year-old fmale from Arevalo (Patient No. 78)
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.
Most people (about 80 percent) recover from the disease without needing special treatment, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
However, older people, and those with underlying medical problems like high blood pressure, heart problems or diabetes, are more likely to develop serious illness.
People can catch COVID-19 from others who have the virus. 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
