WITH the surge in Covid-19 cases in Davao Oriental, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang wants the entire province to be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).
Dayanghirang said in a radio interview on Thursday, September 2, that the Covid-19 cases in the province have been increasing in recent weeks.
He added the recently detected Delta positive specimens in the province had possibly contributed to a surge of cases.
The governor said he called an emergency meeting with the mayors to formalize their request on Friday, September 3.
Dayanghirang said the recommendation comes a day after the entire province recorded 238 daily new cases, the highest since the pandemic started.
"Actually, ang atong (our) provincial hospital, so far puno na gyud kaayo (is already fully occupied). Ang atong (Our) isolation facilities, hapit-hapit na mapuno (is also almost full)," he said.
Prior to the surge, he said the province already anticipated it by adding more bed capacities. It still was not able to anticipate the widespread transmission caused by the highly infectious variant.
Dayanghirang reminded his constituents to minimize their movements around the province to curb the spread of the virus.
The Department of Health-Davao Region, as of August 31, detected 10 Delta positive specimens from Davao Oriental, most of which were from Mati City.
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases recently extended the quarantine status of the entire province under general community quarantine with no restrictions until September 7
As of September 1, Davao Oriental has a total of 5,603 confirmed cases, wherein 1,279 are active cases, 4,172 have recovered and 152 died.