Negros Occidental has eight new Delta variant cases, one of whom was an unvaccinated Escalante City resident who died, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said Monday, September 20.
The eight new cases bring to 19 the total number of Delta variant cases detected in Negros Occidental.
All eight were hit with COVID-19 in August and their whole genome sequencing results that detected the Delta variant were released on Sunday, September 19.
Of the eight Delta cases detected by the Philippine Genome Center, there are two each in San Carlos City, Escalante City and Kabankalan City, and one each in Manapla and Sagay Cty, a Provincial Health Office (PHO) report shows.
Initial PHO findings show that three were unvaccinated and four recovered, while the status of the rest are still being verified, Tumimbang said.
The unvaccinated Escalante resident detected with the Delta variant who died on August 11 was a 54-year-old male who was confined at the Vicente Gustilo District Hospital. The PHO report described him as having community acquired COVID-19, and pneumonia high risk with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
The other Escalante City Delta case is an unvaccinated 44-year-old female who has recovered from COVID-19.
In Kabankalan City, hit by the Delta variant are 18-year-old and 67-year-old males who have recovered from COVID-19, and in San Carlos City 31-year-old and 16-year-old females.
A 25-year-old unvaccinated male from Manapla has also recovered, while hit with the Delta variant in Sagay City is a 16-year-old female, the PHO report said.*
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