Cebu logs 280 new cases on February 6

On Saturday 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 6, 2021.

Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 280 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 109 new recoveries, and 3 new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 27,988, while the active cases rose to 3,547 (from 3,212).

Cebu’s recovery rate is now at 82.22%.

Breakdown of cases:

Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 13,353 (+166 new)
– Total recoveries: 10,605 (+78 new)
– Total deaths: 705 (+3 new)
– Active cases: 2,043

Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 3,141 (+30 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,686 (+10 new)
– Total deaths: 114 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 341

Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 3,242 (+23 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,614 (+7 new)
– Total deaths: 175 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 453

Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 8,252 (+61 new)
– Total recoveries: 7,107 (+14 new)
– Total deaths: 435 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 710

Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:

• Total Active Cases in Cebu: 3,547
• Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 27,988 (+280 new)
• Total Recoveries in Cebu: 23,012 (+109 new)
• Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,429 (+3 new*)

A total of 3,084 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):