HEALTH

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday categorically denied "unfounded rumors" that it will report a coronavirus surge days before the May 9 elections and pin the blame on campaign rallies.

A tweet posted on April 28 about a supposed DOH-declared surge garnered over 11,000 “likes” and 2,213 retweets.

It alleged that two days before the election, the DOH will release a report indicating a hike in Covid-19 cases and that some of the positive individuals will be ordered to say that they went to a rally of a certain candidate.

COTABATO CITY  – Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) today announced that Covid-19 infections continue to drop in the region despite being tagged as having the lowest vaccination rate across the country.

As of today, only three new cases of infections have been reported by the Bangsamoro Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).  Two were fromn Cotabato City and one in Maguindanao.

Lanao del Sur and Marawi City, Lamitan and Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have zero case, according to Dr. Amirel Usman, BARMM health director general.

MANILA - A top official in the Catholic Church has called to maintain health protocols as Catholics are expected to flock to churches on Holy Week.

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), said that Covid-19 remains a serious threat.

“Even though the pandemic has subsided, let us not let our guard down. Let us continue following the health protocols so that we can finally defeat this pandemic,” David told Radio Veritas on Friday.

COTABATO CITY - The Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) today announced that nobody was infected with COVID-19 while the Department of Health in the Soccsksargen region reported eight new cases.

Nobody was healed from six active cases in BARMM Region 12 has reported 20 patients have recovered.

No one was killed due to COVID-19 related diseases in two regions. 

Regional COVID-19 tracker as of April 5, 2022 (6:00 PM)

FIFTEEN (15) NEW CONFIRMED CASES

ELEVEN (11) NEW RECOVERIES

ONE (1) NEW COVID-19 RELATED DEATH

One  reported death from Koronadal City. The 70,368th reported confirmed case, 70 years old female. Cause of death is COVID Confirmed Severe, Community Acquired Pneumonia High Risk with Hypoxia, Cerebrovascular Disease Hemorrhagic.

KORONADAL CITY - To make PhilHealth services more accessible and convenient to the public, PhilHealth Regional Office XII through the Field Operations Division recently launched the PhilHealth Virtual Front Desk (PVFD) with the Local Government Unit (LGU) representatives, employers and SOCSKSARGEN influencers.

PhilHealth Regional Office X Field Operations Division Chief, Mae Rebenito Dizon, conceptualized this innovation as a Capstone Project under the Public Management Development Program of the Development Academy of the Philippines.

COTABATO CITY - Regional COVID-19 tracker as of March 7, 2022 (6:00 PM)

TWENTY-NINE (29) NEW CONFIRMED CASES

SEVENTY-TWO (72) NEW RECOVERIES

ONE (1) NEW COVID-19 RELATED DEATH

One (1) reported death from Polomolok, South Cotabato. 

Overall, there are a total of 69,874 COVID-19 confirmed cases reported to DOH CHD SOCCSKSARGEN region. 434 (0.62%) are active cases, 66,891 (95.73%) recoveries and 2,517 (3.60%) COVID-19 related deaths.

Regional COVID-19 tracker as of March 6, 2022 (6:00 PM)

TWENTY-FOUR (24) NEW CONFIRMED CASES

TWENTY-TWO (22) NEW RECOVERIES

NO NEW COVID-19 RELATED DEATH

Overall, there are a total of 69,848 COVID-19 confirmed cases reported to DOH CHD SOCCSKSARGEN region. 480 (0.69%) are active cases, 66,820 (95.66%) recoveries and 2,516 (3.60%) COVID-19 related deaths.

COTABATO CITY - Regional COVID-19 tracker as of March 3, 2022 (6:00 PM)

THIRTY (30) NEW CONFIRMED CASES

THIRTY-SEVEN (37) NEW RECOVERIES

FIVE (5) NEW COVID-19 RELATED DEATHS

One (1) reported death from Tupi, South Cotabato. 

Two (2) reported deaths from Makilala, North Cotabato

Two (2) reported deaths from Matalam, North Cotabato

Overall, there are a total of 69,741 COVID-19 confirmed cases reported to DOH CHD SOCCSKSARGEN region. 502 (0.72%) are active cases, 66,710 (95.65%) recoveries and 2,509 (3.60%) COVID-19 related deaths.

COTABATO CITY - The Dept of Health in Region 12 has recorded 56 new confrimed COVID-19 cases as of March 2, 2022.

It also said that 145 patients have recovered and two persons have died.

One of the fatalities was from Tupi and the other in Banga, both in South Cotabato.

Overall, there are a total of 69,711 COVID-19 confirmed cases reported to DOH CHD SOCCSKSARGEN region. 502 (0.72%) are active cases, 66,673 (95.64%) recoveries and 2,504 (3.59%) COVID-19 related deaths.