The Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) sounded the alarm Tuesday, September 28, against the rising number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Bacolod City as it called on Bacolonons to get vaccinated now.
City Administrator Em Ang, EOC executive director and COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC) coordinator, pointed out that the Bacolod COVID-19 deaths for September have hit 122, surpassing the previously highest recorded number of fatalities in a month that was 76 in September 2020.
“Our number of deaths as of September 28, 2021 almost doubled and we are averaging 109 infections daily. Our health frontliners are pointing out that those experiencing severe COVID cases in hospitals are those who remain unvaccinated,” Ang said.
Bacolod City had 2,026 active COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the Department of Health reported.
Ang said that the recent, sudden spike in COVID-19 cases has put the focus back on prevention. The major worry right now is the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, she said.
“This continued rise in cases is happening despite our round-the-clock efforts to give COVID jabs. The highest spread of cases and severe outcomes is happening in places with low vaccination rates, and virtually all hospitalizations and deaths have been among the unvaccinated,”Dr. Edwin Miraflor Jr., City Health Office officer-in-charge, said.
Ang pointed out that a 73-year old fully vaccinated patient stricken with COVID survived the virus, while her 35- and 39-year-old unvaccinated sons succumbed to the disease.*