ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 355 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday, so far its highest number of cases recorded in a single day.
The sharp spike was deemed a result of the mass testing carried out in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental last week.
Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 Case Bulletin No. 162 showed that 237 of the new cases were from Bacolod City and 48 were from Negros Occidental.
The other new cases were from Iloilo City, 40; Capiz, 15; Iloilo, 11; Antique, two; and Guimaras, two.
Aklan had no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
Also, 336 of the new cases were local transmissions, eight were returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), one an authorized person outside of residence (APORs), another one was a locally stranded individual (LSIs), and nine were for verification.
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.
The DOH-6 also reported 134 patients who overcame COVID-19, bringing the region’s total number of recovered cases to 2,862.
The total COVID-19 deaths, on the other hand, climbed to 87 with an additional one on Saturday.
The total confirmed cases in the region now stand at 5,701 (2,752 active cases as of Sept. 5).
Here’s breakdown of confirmed cases per province/highly urbanized cities:
* Bacolod City – 1,492 (989 active cases, 476 recovered, 27 died)
* Iloilo City – 1,180 (679 actives cases, 483 recovered, 27 died)
* Negros Occidental – 702 (572 active cases, 123 recovered, seven died)
* Iloilo Province – 497 (214 active cases, 266 recovered, 17 died)
* Capiz – 103 (47 active cases, 50 recovered, six died)
* Guimaras – 50 (eight active cases, 42 recovered, zero deaths)
* Antique – 31 (nine active cases, 22 recovered, zero deaths)
* Aklan – 12 (three active cases, eight recovered, one died)
* ROFs/LSIs/APORs – 1,634 (240 active cases, 1, 392 recovered, two died)/PN
