THE DEPARTMENT of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) reported a total of 87 recoveries from coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in a single day, resulting in a 4.5 percent drop in the number of active cases in the region.
The DOH-7 case bulletin released Tuesday night said that the majority or 86.2 percent of the total number of recoveries came from Cebu province, while the others are from Cebu City and Mandaue City.
Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7 regional director, said in a statement that Central Visayas now has a total of 878 active cases, from 919 on Monday.
They also logged 49 new cases in the region on Tuesday -- 34 from Cebu province; 10 from Cebu City; four from Mandaue City; and one from Lapu-Lapu City.
“There is a consistent declining trend in the number of cases across the three highly urbanized cities from morbidity week 39 to morbidity week 42,” Bernadas said.
Of the number of active cases, 40 percent or 352 are from Cebu province; 23.8 percent or 209 are from Cebu City; 13.7 or 120 from Lapu-Lapu City; 9.5 percent or 83 from Mandaue City; 8.4 percent or 74 from Bohol province; 4.1 percent or 36 from Negros Oriental; and 0.5 percent (four) from Siquijor.
The Health agency also recorded a two-week growth of active cases in different towns and component cities in Cebu province.
“Two-week growth change in the number of cases were noted in San Remigio, followed by Bantayan, and Tabuelan. On the other hand, there is shrinkage in the number of cases in the municipality of Liloan, Naga City, and Carmen,” Bernadas said.
On Tuesday, the DOH-7 monitored five new deaths in Cebu province because of Covid-19.
The total number of deaths in the region rose to 1,317.
Bernadas said that Central Visayas has an average daily attack rate (ADAR) of 2.47, with the three highly urbanized cities (Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu) falling on the medium range.
He added that the province of Cebu and Bohol have an ADAR of 3.24 and 1.35 respectively while the province of Negros Oriental and Siquijor have low ADAR of 1.23 and 0.5, respectively.
The attack rate, in epidemiology, is the percentage of the population that contracts the disease during a specified time interval. (By John Rey Saavedra)