On Monday night, the Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH-7) released its official, consolidated data of the COVID-19 cases in the region as of May 3, 2021.
Today, the whole island of Cebu — Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and the Cebu Province — recorded 26 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 211 new recoveries, and 1 new death. This brings Cebu’s total confirmed cases to 50,962, while the active cases dropped to 2,535 (from 2,720).
Breakdown of cases:
Cebu City
– Total confirmed: 23,496 (+9 new)
– Total recoveries: 21,842 (+48 new)
– Total deaths: 835 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 819
Lapu-Lapu City
– Total confirmed: 6,234 (+5 new)
– Total recoveries: 5,534 (+5 new)
– Total deaths: 159 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 541
Mandaue City
– Total confirmed: 6,378 (+3 new)
– Total recoveries: 5,771 (+38 new)
– Total deaths: 209 (+0 new)
– Active cases: 398
Cebu Province
– Total confirmed: 14,854 (+9 new)
– Total recoveries: 13,430 (+120 new)
– Total deaths: 647 (+1 new)
– Active cases: 777
Summary of COVID-19 cases in Cebu:
- Total Active Cases in Cebu: 2,535
- Total Confirmed Cases in Cebu: 50,962 (+26 new)
- Total Recoveries in Cebu: 46,577 (+211 new)
- Total Deaths in Cebu: 1,850 (+1 new*)
A total of 930 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):
