ILOILO – Ten municipalities in this province have no more active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) Dec. 4 data identified these towns as Sara (51 recoveries, one death); Alimodian (48 recoveries, two deaths); New Lucena (29 cases, all recovered); Maasin (25 recoveries, two deaths); Balasan (24 cases, all recovered); Ajuy (21 cases, all recovered); Estancia (28 recovered, six deaths); Badiangan (16 cases; one death) Tubungan (15 cases, all recovered); and Bingawan (13 cases, all recovered).
As of Tuesday, PHO recorded 296 active cases, of which 24 were in the town Oton.
Other towns with few active COVID-19 cases were Tigbauan, San Rafael, San Dioniso, Calinog, Lambunao, and Miag-ao with only two active cases each, and Barotac Viejo, Concepcion, Banate, Igbaras, Batad, and Mina with one active case each.
As to the clinical status of the active cases, 210 were asymptomatic, 34 were mild and 52 were severe.
Since its first case, Iloilo province had a total of 2,775 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Dec. 7.
Of these, 296 cases (29.71percent) remained active; 2,394 cases (86.27 percent) already recovered; and 85 (2.55 percent) died.
The local government units with the most number of confirmed infections were Oton (302); Pavia (245); Passi City (173); Santa Barbara (118); and Pototan (104).
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, PHO head, said the key to stopping or at least slowing down the spread of coronavirus is to practice the “3M strategy” (Mag Maskara, Mag Distancia kag Manghinaw).
She urged the public to avoid attending public gatherings like holiday merrymakings, birthdays, wakes and burials, among others, that could lead to more COVID-19 infections.
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.
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./PN
