Gov. Albert Garcia gives Covid-19 updates. Photo by Ernie Esconde
BALANGA CITY – The number of patients who tested positive of the coronavirus disease in Bataan reached 42 that included 19 health workers as of Wednesday’s Covid–19 update.
Gov. Albert Garcia said the new confirmed cases are a 63-year–old and a 42-year old from Mariveles and a 32-year–old from Orani, all female health workers.
With the new recorded cases, the governor said, the number of those involved in health care rose to 11 doctors, 4 nurses, and 4 other health workers.
Of the 11 doctors infected with the virus, only a 70-year–old doctor, PH1993, an internist from Balanga City, has so far recovered.
She and a one-month–old baby boy, PH3662, from Mariveles were the two who were reported to have recovered Wednesday and discharged from hospital confinement.
From 13 on Monday, there are now 15 patients who recovered and undergoing 14 days of post-discharge quarantine. The number of deaths remained at three.
The latest Covid–19 update showed there are 2,529 persons under monitoring, 818 persons under investigation in mild status and 236 PUI under moderate to severe cases.