COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Cagayan Valley, Philippines on March 21, 2020, when the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in Tuguegarao, Cagayan.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases in Cagayan Valley by province (as of June 19)[note 1]
100–499 confirmed
10–99 confirmed
1–9 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 (3 months and 6 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 47 |
| Recovered | 34 |
Deaths | 1 |
| Government website | |
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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.[1] 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.[2]
Cagayan Valley treated at least a 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.[3]
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. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- "Ifugao records first COVID case". The Philippine Star. April 27, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
