BACOLOD City – Authorities monitored a decrease in the occupancy rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation centers in Negros Occidental.
“Our isolation centers are almost empty,” said Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II.
He cited the declining number of COVID-19 cases in all 31 towns and cities in the province in the past weeks.
As of Feb. 15, the province had 70 remaining active cases from 76 the day before, records form the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) showed.
According to Diaz, some 30 patients are currently staying at the Provincial Healing Center in E.B. Magalona while the isolation facility in Mambukal Resort in Murcia was already empty.
The facility in another “Yolanda” housing site in Silay City accommodates the daily arrivals, who stay only for a day or two, or until their swab test results are released, Diaz said.
“Negros Occidental is okay. We receive the data of the PIMT. Everything looks good. We are proud of our team. We are proud of what we have accomplished,” he added.
He appealed to Negrenses to remain vigilant and help one another to prevent the spread of the virus.
“I just hope that with the ongoing surveillance testing of health units, we can contain the infections and isolate (the cases),” Diaz stressed.
The latest PIMT data showed that eight towns and cities in Negros Occidental have zero active cases as of Feb. 15.
These are Binalbagan, Candoni, Cauayan, La Castellana, Murcia, Pulupandan, Don Salvador Benedicto, and Himamaylan City.
Since recording started in March last year, Negros Occidental logged a total of 6,757 confirmed cases –70 of which are active, 6,472 recovered, and 215 died.
The cases include 1,156 locally stranded individuals; 303 front-liners; 301 overseas Filipino workers; 101 authorized persons outside residence; 15 pending classification; and two listed in other provinces but tagged in Negros Occidental. (With a report from PNA/PN)
