There were 16 COVID-19 related deaths in Negros Occidental in November, the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported.
The PIMT also recorded 626 new COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental in November, with the highest number of active cases in a day recorded on November 25 at 308.
There were four COVID -19 related deaths on November 29, two on Nov 16, and one each on November 4,5, 6, 9, 10,11, 13, 25, 26 and 27.
Negros Occidental had vaccinated 78.55 percent of its target population against COVID-19 as of November 27, the Department of Health reported Friday.
It had also vaccinated 60.87 percent of its target senior citizen population, the DOH added.
Negros Occidental and Antique are the remaining provinces in Western Visayas under Alert Level 2 because of their low vaccination turnout, the DOH said.*