Four women who recently gave birth in Cebu tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). | DaleCdn
According to the data announced by Garcia, Cebu City recorded 33 new cases while Cebu province has 10 new infections. Lapu-Lapu City, on the other hand, has five new cases while Mandaue City listed three new infections.
Garcia said two of the 10 new infections in Cebu province involved a newborn infant from Toledo City and a one-year-old child in San Fernando town. The governor also reported about a new COVID-19 death in Talisay City. The patient, she said, died of aneurysm and was later on tested positive for COVID-19.As of May 18, the entire island of Cebu has 2,049 COVID-19 cases — 1,786 in Cebu City, 67 in Cebu province, 115 in Mandaue City, and 59 in Lapu-Lapu City.
Eighteen overseas Filipino workers who recently arrived in Cebu as well as four health workers also tested positive for the COVID-19.
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