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A call center company doctor in Baguio City died due to COVID-19 complications at the Notre Dame Hospital on Tuesday morning, March 9.
The 31-year-old is said to be the first practicing doctor to die of COVID-19 in the Cordillera Administrative Region. He was admitted to the hospital on March 6 and died 3 days later.
According to the medical report, he acquired COVID pneumonia. His secondary cause of death is acute respiratory distress syndrome, bronchial asthma, and obesity.
The city had a surge in COVID-19 cases at the start of March, as call center employees were asked to return to their offices. The call center agents have since resumed working at home.
From March 3 to 5, Baguio recorded 299 new COVID-19 cases, mostly from two call center companies in the city.
As of March 9, Baguio recorded 25 new cases, raising the total to 6,177. Of this number, 536 are active cases while 5,529 recovered. The city’s COVID-19 death toll is at 112.
Twenty-seven barangays are under lockdown as a preventive measure against the transmission of COVID-19. – Rappler.com
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