Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Tuesday, March 22, that with the improvement in its COVID-19 vaccination drive Negros Occidental can probably be placed under Alert Level 1 although he does not mind if it stays under Alert Level 2, especially during the campaign period.
Negros Occidental remains under Alert Level 2 with minimal COVID-19 risk, the Department of Health reported Monday.
The province has fully vaccinated 59.45 percent of its target population, and 56.53 percent of its target senior citizen population against COVID-19, it added.
Meanwhile, there were six local government units in Negros Occidental that had no active COVID-19 cases on Tuesday.
The six were Binalbagan, Calatrava, Candoni, Salvador Benedicto, Ilog and Manapla, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported.*