Another resident who has been studying in Davao City tested positive for COVID-19, making him the 18th patient in the Soccsksargen Region.
“All of them, upon arrival, were subjected to rapid testing,” Patadon said. “Of the 39, four turned out positive in the rapid test so swabs were taken from them.”
Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi said the student, who had already been placed in an isolation facility for treatment, was the second person who tested positive in three days here. On Friday, May 15, a 26-year worker at the city government here also tested positive for the disease and had since been placed under quarantine.Across the Soccsargen Region, two more patients tested positive for COVID-19, the DOH Soccsksargen said.
The region’s 19th COVID-19 case is a 26-year-old man from South Cotabato. He is currently under quarantine inside a town’s isolation facility, his travel history still under investigation. The 20th patient is a 43-year-old male from Cotabato province who has traveled to Misamis Oriental. He is now confined in a hospital where he remains stable.
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