COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley explained

COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley
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Disease:COVID-19
Virus Strain:SARS-CoV-2
Location:Cagayan Valley
First Case:Tuguegarao
Arrival Date:March 21, 2020
Origin:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Confirmed Cases:171,908
Recovery Cases:166,230
Deaths:4,750

The COVID-19 pandemic in Cagayan Valley is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The virus reached Cagayan Valley on March 21, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Tuguegarao. All provinces have confirmed at least one COVID-19 case, with Batanes being the last province to confirm a COVID-19 case on September 28, 2020.__TOC__

Timeline

Cagayan Valley confirmed its first case on March 21, 2020, that of 44-year-old male who had traveled via bus to Tuguegarao. The man arrived in Cagayan on March 11 and was treated at the Cagayan Valley Medical Center.[1] Further cases were recorded in the province as well as in Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya. By April 21, there are no active cases in Cagayan Valley, with a total of 27 confirmed in the region, among which one had died.[2]

Cagayan Valley treated an imported case recorded as a case of the neighboring Cordilleras, that of a man from Lamut, Ifugao who was transferred from the Panopdopan District Hospital to the Region-2 Trauma and Medical Center in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya by April 26. The man's case was also the first confirmed case of Ifugao province.[3]

Quirino recorded its first case on August 12 after provincial Governor Dakila Carlo Cua's househelp tested positive for COVID-19 despite having no previous travel history to known affected areas.[4]

Batanes was the last province in the region and the whole Philippines.[5] It confirmed its first case on September 28. The case was that of a locally stranded individual who was brought home via a military helicopter on September 22. The patient was asymptomatic.[6] [7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Ablat . Jhon Dave . Passenger from Manila is Cagayan Valley's 1st COVID-19 case . April 22, 2020 . March 23, 2020 .
  2. News: Catindig . Raymund . Cagayan Valley now COVID-free . May 3, 2020 . The Philippine Star . April 22, 2020 . April 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200429060056/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/04/22/2008856/cagayan-valley-now-covid-free . live .
  3. News: Ifugao records first COVID case . May 3, 2020 . The Philippine Star . April 27, 2020 . May 5, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200505184425/https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/04/27/2010024/ifugao-records-first-covid-case . live .
  4. News: Aurora, Quirino virus-free no more . August 18, 2020 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . August 14, 2020 . September 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903024745/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1321364/aurora-quirino-virus-free-no-more . live .
  5. News: Mocon-Ciriaco . Claudeth . DOH: Batanes no longer Covid-free, all PHL provinces now have Covid cases . September 30, 2020 . BusinessMirror . September 30, 2020 . November 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211104215504/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/09/30/doh-batanes-no-longer-covid-free-all-phl-provinces-now-have-covid-cases/ . live .
  6. News: Batanes records first COVID-19 case . September 29, 2020 . CNN Philippines . September 29, 2020 . May 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210524020532/https://cnnphilippines.com/regional/2020/9/29/Batanes-COVID-19-case.html . dead .
  7. News: Hallare . Katrina . Visaya . Villamor Jr. . LSI is Batanes' 1st COVID-19 case . September 29, 2020 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . September 29, 2020 . October 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001094537/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1341415/lsi-is-batanes-1st-covid-19-case . live .
  8. Web site: No longer virus-free: Batanes confirms 1st COVID-19 case. 2020-09-29. Rappler. September 29, 2020. en. September 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929024911/https://www.rappler.com/nation/batanes-reports-first-covid-19-case-september-2020. live.

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