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 February 3, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 262 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 33 new recoveries, and 4 new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 27,178, while the active cases rose to 3,092 (from 2,868).
Cebu’s recovery rate is now at 83.39%.
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 12,916 (+128 new)
– Total recoveries: 10,476 (+0 new)
– Total deaths: 702 (+1 new)
– Active cases: 1,738
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 3,061 (+40 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,638 (+10 new)
– Total deaths: 114 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 309
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 3,142 (+19 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,589 (+0 new)
– Total deaths: 174 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 379
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 8,059 (+75 new)
– Total recoveries: 6,961 (+23 new)
– Total deaths: 432 (+3 new)
– Active cases: 666
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 3,092
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 27,178 (+262 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 22,664 (+33 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,421 (+4 new*)
A total of 2,929 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.
