By Richelyn Gubalani
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| (Department of Health-Region 12 Covid-19 tracker as of 6 p.m., Sept. 7, 2020) |
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) local transmission have continued to increase in parts of Region 12 (Soccsksargen), with at least 16 new infections on Monday traced to active patients.
This, as the Department of Health in Region 12 (DOH-12) reported 23
additional cases of the disease in the region on Monday night based on the
results of confirmatory reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR) testing.
Arjohn Gangoso, DOH-12 health education, and promotion officer, said 17
of the new cases were from South Cotabato province, three from Sarangani, two
from this city, and one from North Cotabato.
“Based on the validation conducted by rural health units, 16 of the
patients were traced to have had exposure to confirmed cases,” he said in a
report.
Four of them have travel history to areas with recorded local
transmission while the status of three others is for further investigation, he
said.
Of the four patients with travel history, Gangoso said two were locally
stranded individuals who returned home from Manila and Cebu while the two
others were fish traders who had exposure at the fishport complex here.
Gangoso said two deaths due to Covid-19 complications were recorded in
the region on Monday, bringing the total fatalities so far to 12.
He said this city posted its sixth confirmed death since last week, a
68-year-old male who succumbed to “multi-organ failure due to sepsis, Covid-19
pneumonia, septic shock and high-risk community-acquired pneumonia.”
A 45-year-old female from Polomolok town, South Cotabato died of
Covid-19 complications, including community-acquired pneumonia, bronchial
asthma in acute exacerbation and pulmonary tuberculosis.
As of Monday night, the confirmed Covid-19 cases in Region 12 already
reached a total of 641, with 361 recoveries.
Gangoso said the agency has been closely monitoring localities with
reported cases of local transmission and assisting rural health units in terms
of contact-tracing and containment activities.
Covid-19 local transmission had been recorded since last month in parts
of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato City and this city.
A number of cases were traced to the fishport complex in Barangay
Tambler that had been considered a “hotspot” for the disease. (PNA)
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