July 27, 2021 DUMAGUETE CITY – Negros Oriental and this capital city have reported a downward trend in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, Covid-19 incident commander of the province’s Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), in a virtual press briefing Monday afternoon said 82 new recoveries were reported on July 24 and July 25, with 44 new cases, which is much lower than the over 200 logged in a single day at the height of the surge of infections in the past months.
As of July 26, the total caseload of Negros Oriental is 10,322, including 9,516 recoveries, 601 active cases, and 205 recorded mortalities, Estacion said.