THE cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Cagayan de Oro has reached 20,159 after 20 more residents tested positive for the virus.
According to the City Health Office, of the 20 new local cases, 10 were local index cases, seven were close contacts of previously confirmed cases, one was a local authorized person outside residence (Apor), one person deprived of liberty (PDL), and one mortality.
Cagayan de Oro now has 570 active cases, 121 of whom were admitted to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and other hospitals in the city, 447 were outpatients, and two returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) or locally stranded individuals (LSIs.)
The city also registered 44 new recoveries. This brought the total number of recoveries in Cagayan de Oro to 18,752.
The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the city has now reached 837.