On Friday 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 5, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 272 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 106 new recoveries, and no new deaths. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 27,436, while the active cases rose to 3,212 (from 3,092).
Cebu’s recovery rate is now at 83.10%.
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 13,187 (+140 new)
– Total recoveries: 10,527 (+0 new)
– Total deaths: 702 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 1,958
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 3,111 (+18 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,676 (+24 new)
– Total deaths: 114 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 321
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 3,219 (+51 new)
– Total recoveries: 2,607 (+7 new)
– Total deaths: 175 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 437
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 8,191 (+63 new)
– Total recoveries: 7,093 (+75 new)
– Total deaths: 435 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 663
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 3,379
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 27,708 (+272 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 22,903 (+106 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,426 (+0 new*)
A total of 3,577 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.
