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 3, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 426 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 261 new recoveries, and 14 new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 37,105, while the active cases increased to 6,179 (from 6,025).
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 17,991 (+159 new)
– Total recoveries: 14,024 (+92 new)
– Total deaths: 753 (+6 new)
– Active cases: 3,214
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 4,333 (+65 new)
– Total recoveries: 3,327 (+30 new)
– Total deaths: 124 (+1 new)
– Active cases: 882
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 4,327 (+64 new)
– Total recoveries: 3,234 (+36 new)
– Total deaths: 185 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 908
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 10,454 (+138 new)
– Total recoveries: 8,803 (+103 new)
– Total deaths: 476 (+7 new)
– Active cases: 1,175
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 6,179
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 37,105 (+426 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 29,388 (+261 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,538 (+14 new*)
A total of 3,681 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):
