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NegOcc sends 66 swabs for Covid-19 lab test in Iloilo

Teresa D. Ellera

THE Covid-19 Provincial Command Center has submitted 66 swab test samples to the Iloilo Regional Testing Center for coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Based on the provincewide persons under investigation (PUI) testing update released by the Capitol yesterday, of the 70 PUIs identified from 23 different local government units, 35 PUIs and 31 frontliners were tested or a total of 66 tests.

Of the 66 tested, all are non-reactive according to their rapid testing, pending validation by Polymeraise Chain Reaction (PCR), the Capitol reported.

Meanwhile, the Capitol also reported total persons under monitoring (PUMs) who were actively monitored has already reached to 8,113 as of yesterday.

The PUMs were from Bago City-56; Binalbagan-52; Cadiz City-1,269; Calatrava-526; Cauayan-4; Don Salvador Benedicto-9; E.B. Magalona-30; Escalante City-989; Himamaylan City-113; Hinigaran-37; Hinoba-an-225; Ilog-23; Isabela-2; Kabankalan City-1,156; La Carlota City-49; La Castellana-33; Manapla-143; Moises Padilla-100; Murcia-119; Pontevedra-51; Pulupandan-86; Sagay City-1,173; San Carlos City-578; San Enrique-33; Silay City-55; Sipalay Citg-595; Talisay City-23; Toboso-535; Valladolid-13 and Victorias City-36. (TDE)

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