COVID-19 pandemic in Calabarzon

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Calabarzon, Philippines on March 7, 2020, when the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in Cainta, Rizal. All provinces in the region has confirmed cases. Calabarzon became the third most affected region by COVID-19 in the country, behind Central Visayas and Metro Manila, with more than 1,500 confirmed cases and at least 100 deaths.

COVID-19 pandemic in Calabarzon
Confirmed cases in Calabarzon by province (as of June 19)[note 1]
  1000–9999 confirmed
  500–999 confirmed
  100–499 confirmed
  10–99 confirmed
  1–9 confirmed
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationCalabarzon
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseCainta, Rizal
Arrival dateMarch 5, 2020
(3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Confirmed cases2,547
Recovered1,212
Deaths
138
Government website
ro4a.doh.gov.ph

Background
COVID-19 testing in Rizal.

The first confirmed COVID-19 case in Calabarzon is a 62-year-old male, a resident of Cainta, Rizal, who frequented a Muslim prayer hall in San Juan, Metro Manila. The patient was admitted at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila on March 1 and was diagnosed with severe pneumonia. The case was confirmed on March 5 and the man was referred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa.[1] The individual's case is also the first confirmed local transmission of COVID-19 in the country having no travel history abroad.[2] The patient's wife also contracted the disease.[3]

Mayor Kit Nieto of Cainta, ordered the immediate provision of face masks and disinfectants in areas near the residence of the patient. The patient's family, as well as his neighbors, were placed under quarantine.[4] Nieto suspended classes in Cainta from March 7 to 10 and placed the city under community quarantine since March 15.[5][6]

Aside from Rizal, all provinces have confirmed cases. The first case per province by date of confirmation as is as follows:

  • Cavite – March 10[7]
  • Batangas – March 13[8]
  • Laguna and Quezon – March 15;[9][10] the first two cases in Quezon is from Lucena, which is geographically part of Quezon but is administered independently from the province. The first Quezon case outside Lucena is linked to the town of Sariaya.[11]

Response

Calabarzon was under the scope of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon imposed by the national government on March 16.[12]

Notes
  1. Breakdown of confirmed cases is according to the COVID-19 Case Tracker of the Department of Health.

References
  1. Santos, Elmor (March 7, 2020). "Cainta, Rizal steps up coronavirus measures amid confirmed case". CNN Philippines. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. San Juan, Ratziel (March 12, 2020). "First local COVID-19 transmission case, wife among 3 new deaths in Philippines". The Philippine Star. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  3. Alcober, Neil (March 13, 2020). "Cainta couple dies from COVID-19". Daily Tribune. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  4. Santos, Eimor (March 7, 2020). "Cainta, Rizal steps up coronavirus measures amid confirmed case". CNN Philippines. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  5. Hallare, Katrina (March 7, 2020). "Cainta, Rizal suspends classes, distributes face masks over coronavirus threat". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. "Cainta mayor to place town under quarantine over 3 confirmed cases of COVID-19". CNN Philippines. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  7. "Cavite confirms first COVID-19 case". Tempo. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  8. "Batangas confirms 2 COVID-19 cases, suspends classes in all levels". GMA News. March 13, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  9. Molina, Carlo Jacob (March 22, 2020). "Laguna confirms second coronavirus case". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  10. "Quezon province confirms first COVID-19 patient". CNN Philippines. March 15, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  11. "2 new COVID-19 cases in Quezon traced to Lucena, Sariaya". Philippine Daily Inquirer. March 23, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  12. Luna, Franco (March 16, 2020). "Duterte places entire Luzon under 'enhanced' community quarantine". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
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