THIRTEEN locally stranded individuals added to the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) positive cases in Negros Occidental, as of July 2.

The new patients are residents of Himamaylan City (one 21-year-old female and another 57-year-old female); Calatrava (a 33-year old female); Moises Padilla (a two-month-old baby boy); Sagay City (a 53-year-old male and 14-year old female); Escalante City (22-year-old male, 64-year-old male and 26-year-old female); Cadiz City (28-year-old female and 66-year-old); Cauayan (50-year-old male); and Hinoba-an (52-year old female).

In the whole Western Visayas, there is already a total of 353 confirmed Covid-19 positive cases, of which 194 are active, 148 recoveries and 11 deaths.