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No new Covid-19 case in Central Visayas on April 8

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THE Department of Health (DOH)-Central Visayas logged no new case of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the region Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

The DOH-Central Visayas, with the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center sub-national laboratory, released 82 additional test results Wednesday and all were negative for the virus.

With this, the total number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the region remains at 36.

The DOH-Central Visayas also recorded no new death and no new recoveries Wednesday, leaving the mortality count still at eight and recoveries at 19.

Cebu City has the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 23 (with 12 laboratory negative cases and five mortality), followed by Negros Oriental with four cases (two laboratory negative and two mortality), Lapu Lapu City with three (including one laboratory negative), Cebu Province with three (one laboratory and one death), Mandaue City with two cases (both are now laboratory negative), and Bohol with one discharged case. (WBS)

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