ICYMI: Cebu City breaches 400 in COVID-19 cases; majority asymptomatic
Health officers from Cebu City assist in the transfer of patients from Barangay Labangon to a designated Barangay Isolation Center | Photo Courtesy of Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The total number of confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases in Cebu City has breached 400 on Saturday, April 25, 2020.recorded on Saturday. This development brings the total number to 411.“During the massive testing we conducted, we found out that around 90 percent to 95 percent of the patients are asymptomatic,” said Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella.
These findings prompted Cebu City government to convert at least 18 public schools into Barangay Isolation Centers to house individuals with mild to no symptoms of the disease and five of these BICs are already operational. “This is alarming because asymptomatic ones don’t exhibit signs of the disease. No runny nose, no dry cough, and they can just be anyone walking down the streets,” he added.
As of April 25, there are 411 COVID-19 cases recorded in Cebu City. The majority of these are found in Cebu City Jail and Sitio Zapatera in Barangay Luz .City health officers have also started transferring the patients in Barangays Luz and Labangon to the nearby BIC which are the Barrio Luz Elementary School and Labangon Elementary School respectively.
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