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30 new virus infections in a single day in Angeles City

Jun A. Malig

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30 new virus infections in a single day in Angeles City

ISOLATION TENTS. Some of the isolation tents bought by Angeles City government for COVID-19 patients. Photo courtesy of Angeles City Information Office

Angeles City Information Office

Angeles City now has a total of 219 COVID-19 cases

Angeles City recorded on Friday, August 21, 30 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases, the highest number of infections in a single day.

SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 or the coronavirus disease.

Hundreds of city residents reacted and posted comments on the Angeles City government’s Facebook page 6:40 pm Friday update which announced the latest tally of COVID-19 cases.

Within a day, the city’s 189 confirmed cases rose to 219 cases, after 30 new cases were added to the total number. That record was double the 15 infections listed Thursday, August 20.

By 8 am Saturday, August 22, the city’s COVID-19 update on Facebook was shared more than 2,500 times and had about 525 comments.

Netizens asked the city government to provide information about the new COVID-19 cases, like their sex, age, and travel history, or how they were infected.

They said that these basic information would protect the public from contracting SARS-CoV-2.

“They (city officials) always say ‘We are one in this together.’ They know the details, and they can safeguard themselves, they can inform their families, and not worry about taking the virus to their homes. But us regular citizens do not know anything. We just rely on ourselves,” one comment said.

The city government discloses only the barangay where COVID-19 patients reside.

Due to the continuing rise in the number of coronavirus cases, Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr ordered the purchase of 200 isolation tents. These were installed at the compounds of Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center and the City College of Angeles. Each tent would be equipped with a mattress and air cooler.

The City of San Fernando, Pampanga’s provincial capital, recorded 14 new coronavirus cases on Friday. This number was 9 more than than those tallied the day before.

In its Facebook post, the City of San Fernando said that 139 of its 239 total COVID-19 cases remained active.

Barangay Telabastagan had the most number of cases at 16, followed by Barangay San Agustin with 14.

Pampanga’s third largest city of Mabalacat recorded 6 new cases on Friday, which was half of the 12 new cases the day before.

Mabalacat City has a total of 51 COVID-19 cases as of August 21, 32 of which are still active cases. It has swabbed 90 close contacts of the most recent COVID-19 patients and was still waiting for the test results.

Mayor Crisostomo Garbo told Rappler on Friday that all the 3 hotels used by Mabalacat City as quarantine facilities were fully occupied. Because of this development, the city has placed most of the swabbed close contacts under strict home quarantine while waiting for their test results.

He said there are ongoing negotiations with other hotels in Mabalacat, including Hotel Sogo in Barangay Dau, for conversion into quarantine facilities.

The provincial government of Pampanga said in a Facebook post on Friday night that there were 42 new COVID-19 cases in different parts of the province, which is one case higher that the 41 new cases it recorded on August 20.

But Pampanga provincial government’s figures were outdated compared to the statistics being posted by cities and towns in their respective social media pages.

Pampanga’s August 21 Facebook post showed that Angeles City had a total of only 107 confirmed coronavirus cases and only 9 new cases; City of San Fernando with only 157 total cases and only 9 new cases; and Mabalacat City with only 42 total cases and 3 new cases.

Even the towns of Pampanga posted higher number of COVID-19 cases in their Facebook pages compared to the figures presented by the provincial government.

On Friday, Magalang town posted 21 total confirmed cases while Pampanga said the town had only 14 cases.

The provincial government said that Arayat town had only 3 total COVID-19 cases but the municipality’s own Facebook post showed that it has recorded a total of 8.

Porac town posted that it has 21 coronavirus cases, more than the Pampanga count of 16.

Other towns here also posted higher number of coronavirus cases compared to the statistics of the provincial government.

Pampanga earlier said that the information it presented were based on the data provided by the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit and that they “may change at any time due to the evolving situation.” – Rappler.com

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