COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley | |
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Confirmed cases in Cagayan Valley by province (as of August 25) 100–499 confirmed 50–99 confirmed 10–49 confirmed 1–9 confirmed 0 confirmed | |
Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Cagayan Valley |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Tuguegarao |
Arrival date | March 21, 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) |
Confirmed cases | 171,908 |
Recovered | 166,230 |
Deaths | 4,750 |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.
Timeline
Cagayan Valley confirmed its first case on March 21, 2020, that of 44-year-old male who had traveled via bus to Tuguegarao. The man arrived in Cagayan on March 11 and was treated at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center. Further cases were recorded in the province as well as in Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. By April 21, there are no active cases in Cagayan Valley, with a total of 27 confirmed in the region, among which one had died.
Cagayan Valley treated an imported case recorded as a case of the neighboring Cordilleras, that of a man from Lamut, Ifugao who was transferred from the Panopdopan District Hospital to the Region-2 Trauma and Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya by April 26. The man's case was also the first confirmed case of Ifugao province.
Quirino recorded its first case on August 12 after provincial Governor Dakila Carlo Cua's househelp tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no previous travel history to known affected areas.
Batanes was the last province in the region and the whole Philippines. It confirmed its first case on September 28. The case was that of a locally stranded individual who was brought home via a military helicopter on September 22. The patient was asymptomatic.
Notes
- Breakdown of confirmed cases is according to the COVID-19 Case Tracker of the Department of Health.
References
- Ablat, Jhon Dave (March 23, 2020). "Passenger from Manila is Cagayan Valley's 1st COVID-19 case". Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- Catindig, Raymund (April 22, 2020). "Cagayan Valley now COVID-free". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- "Ifugao records first COVID case". The Philippine Star. April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- "Aurora, Quirino virus-free no more". Philippine Daily Inquirer. August 14, 2020. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- Mocon-Ciriaco, Claudeth (September 30, 2020). "DOH: Batanes no longer Covid-free, all PHL provinces now have Covid cases". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- "Batanes records first COVID-19 case". CNN Philippines. September 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- Hallare, Katrina; Visaya, Villamor Jr. (September 29, 2020). "LSI is Batanes' 1st COVID-19 case". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- "No longer virus-free: Batanes confirms 1st COVID-19 case". Rappler. September 29, 2020. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
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