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4 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Cagayan de Oro

Jo Ann Sablad

THE Cagayan de Oro City Health Office reported on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, four new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), bringing Cagayan de Oro's total caseload to 25,857.

According to the City Health Office, of the four new cases, one was a local index case and three were local authorized persons outside residence (Apors).

According to the City Health Office medical officer Dr. Teodoro Yu Jr., the one local index case involved a 53-year-old female from Barangay Carmen, while the three local Apors were a 29-year-old female from Barangay Puerto, a 28-year-old male from Barangay Carmen, and a 42-year-old male from Barangay Carmen.

All of the new local cases were already vaccinated.

The total number of Cagayan de Oro's active cases is now at eight, of which two were admitted to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and other hospitals in the city and six were outpatients.

The city also registered five new coronavirus-positive persons who were now tagged as "recovered." This brought the total number of recoveries in Cagayan de Oro to 24,908.

The number of Covid-19 deaths in Cagayan de Oro remains at 941 in total.

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