THE cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro has reached 20,305 after 18 more residents tested positive for the virus.

According to the City Health Office, of the 18 new local cases, seven were local index cases, nine were close contacts of previously confirmed cases, one was a local authorized person outside residence (Apor) with link, and one mortality.

Cagayan de Oro now has 500 active cases, 87 of whom were admitted to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and other hospitals in the city, 410 were outpatients, and three returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) or locally stranded individuals (LSIs.)

The city also registered four new recoveries. This brought the total number of recoveries in Cagayan de Oro to 18,965.

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the city has now reached 840.