On Wednesday night, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) released its official, consolidated data of the COVID-19 cases in the region as of March 31, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 390 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 617 new recoveries, and 14 new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 46,069, while the active cases dropped to 4,966 (from 5,203).
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 21,624(+149 new)
– Total recoveries: 19,224 (+259 new)
– Total deaths: 813 (+4 new)
– Active cases: 1,587
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 5,594 (+47 new)
– Total recoveries: 4,480 (+121 new)
– Total deaths: 146 (+10 new)
– Active cases: 968
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 5,703 (+59 new)
– Total recoveries: 4,541 (+2 new)
– Total deaths: 202 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 960
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 13,148 (+135 new)
– Total recoveries: 11,129 (+235 new)
– Total deaths: 568 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 1,451
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 4,966
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 46,069 (+390 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 39,374 (+617 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,729 (+14 new*)
A total of 4,473 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):
