CABANATUAN CITY – A 2-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were the youngest of eight new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease raising the total to 217 as of Thursday.
A report from the city health office showed the girl from the rural village of Sta. Arcadia was asymptomatic and had no history of travel. She was swabbed on Sept. 14 and the result came out on Sept. 17.
Her relative, a 32-year-old female private employee also tested positive on the same date.
The 12-year-old boy from Barangay Quezon District was examined after he complained of fever, sore throat and loss of taste. He also had not traveled but had close contact with a patient.
The other new patients came from all walks of life. They included a 62-year-old male construction worker and a 46-year-old non-working man from Barangay Bantug Norte, a 53-year-old businesswoman from Barangay Barrera, a 62-year-old female government employee from Quezon District, and a 47-year-old male vendor from Barangay Isla.
Of the 217 total confirmed cases in this bustling Nueva Ecija city, 172 have recovered, 39 are active and six have died.
Barangays Aduas Norte and Caalibangbangan had the highest number of active Covid-19 cases at five each, followed by Quezon District with four, the report added.
Bantug Norte and Sta. Arcadia had three active cases each while Bangad, Barrera, Cruz Roja, Kalikid Sur, and Magsaysay Norte had two each and one each in Camp. Tinio, Caridad, Daan Sarile, Dimasalang, DS Garcia, Imelda, Isla, Mabini Ext., and Pagas.
This city has 89 barangays.
The city government reiterates its appeal to the public to faithfully observed public health standards being imposed by the inter-agency task force against Covid-19.
