On Tuesday night, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) released its official, consolidated data of the COVID-19 cases in the region as of February 16, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 261 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 382 new recoveries, and 4 new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 31,013, while the active cases dropped to 4,626 (from 4,751).
Cebu’s recovery rate is now at 80.41%.
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 15,081 (+156 new)
– Total recoveries: 11,765 (+155 new)
– Total deaths: 717 (+3 new)
– Active cases: 2,599
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 3,426 (+23 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,762 (+66 new)
– Total deaths: 116 (+1 new)
– Active cases: 374
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 3,549 (+17 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,936 (+45 new)
– Total deaths: 177 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 610
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 8,957 (+65 new)
– Total recoveries: 7,476 (+116 new)
– Total deaths: 438 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 1,043
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 4,626
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 31,013 (+261 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 24,939 (+382 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,448 (+4 new*)
A total of 2,276 laboratory results were released for today.
NOTES from DOH-7:
- *As per DOH-7, the additional deaths in the report are not due to the overnight spike in deaths but due to more accurate data collection and validating efforts. Not all of those deaths occurred today but occurred more than a week ago.
- Reports maybe subject to change as these claims undergo thorough validation by the local healthcare offices and health personnel.
DOH-7 Full Report (Central Visayas):
