A relatively good news, Cebu City – which is the only city in the Philippines placed under the strict enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) – has recorded more new recoveries than new positive cases today, July 1. However, fatality count today is still high.
The Cebu City Health Department (CCHD) has reported 107 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Cebu City with 174 new recoveries and 11 new deaths on July 1, 2020.
With this, Cebu City now has a total of 5,596 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 2,897 recoveries and 180 deaths or a fatality rate of 3.22%.
New cases breakdown:
- Apas – 1
- Basak Pardo – 1
- Basak San Nicolas – 14
- Bo. Luz – 3
- Bonbon – 1
- Bulacao – 1
- Busay – 1
- Calamba – 3
- Camputhaw – 1
- Capitol – 4
- Cagon Pardo – 1
- Duljo – 1
- Ermita – 1
- Guadalupe – 6
- Inayawan – 4
- Kinasang-an – 8
- Labangon – 7
- Lahug – 1
- Lorega – 4
- Mabolo – 4
- Mambaling – 2
- Pardo – 6
- Pasil- 1
- Quiot – 5
- Sambag I – 3
- Sambag 2 – 7
- San Nicolas Proper – 2
- San Roque – 3
- Sta Cruz – 1
- T. Padilla – 4
- Tejero – 2
- Tinago – 1
- Tisa – 2
- Tinago – 1
- TOTAL: 107
New recoveries breakdown:
- Tinago – 18
- Talamban – 6
- Sta Cruz – 1
- Sapangdaku – 4
- Sambag I – 51
- Quiot – 8
- Pardo – 12
- Mabolo – 4
- Lahug – 2
- Kalunasan – 7
- Kalubihan – 1
- Inayawan – 3
- Cogon Ramos – 3
- Cogon Pardo – 6
- Carreta – 5
- Camputhaw – 31
- Basak San Nicolas – 4
- Pari-an – 1
- Sawang – 1
- Sto. Nino – 1
- Tejero – 2
- TOTAL: 174
New deaths:
- Guadalupe – 2 (6/20; 6/19)
- Ermita – 1 (6/21)
- Hipodromo – 1 (6/25)
- San Roque – 1 (6/27)
- Camputhaw – 1 (6/27)
- Sambag 1 – 1 (6/27)
- Tejero – 2 (6/5); (6/28)
- Tinago – 1 (6/9)
- Labangon – 1 (6/29)
- TOTAL: 11
*Submission of death certificates from the hospitals to CCHD may sometimes not be on time as their death certificates are sometimes put on hold primarily due to the delay in the payment of bills.
CEBU CITY CASES
As of July 1, 2020
| Total Active Cases | 2,519 |
| Total Confirmed Cases | 5,596 (+107 new) |
| Total Recoveries | 2,897 (+174 new) or 51.77% |
| Total Deaths | 180 (+11 new) or 3.22% |
CCHD’S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
- Q: “Why the delay in reporting of deaths?”
- A: Submission of death certificates from hospitals to CCHD may not always be on time as their death certificates are sometimes put on hold because of delay in the payment of bills.
- Q: “Why wait for death certificates?”
- A: As per protocol, COVID-related deaths are placed on the official list as soon as a death certificate is duly issued. It will be prudent on the part of government to base its reporting on official documents.
- Q: “Why is the data being reported by your department different from the report by DOH?”
- A: The report from DOH is based on the linelist (results) given by laboratories. The CCHD sanitizes that list. After thorough verification of our contact tracing team, CCHD culls out those that are not from the city and also extract those that are double entries. The data that CCHD presents are actual cases traced and identified by the city’s frontliners.
Sugboanons, let’s do our part. Don’t leave your homes unless necessary, practice good hygiene, get tested when advised by the local authorities, and follow the protocols.
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