Another fatality pushes COVID-19 death toll in Eastern Visayas to 96

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TACLOBAN CITY — Another patient from Eastern Visayas died of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the death toll in the region to 96.

According to the regional office of the Department of Health (DOH), the latest fatality involved a 31-year-old woman from San Sebastian town in Samar province.

The woman died last December 6.

San Sebastian Mayor Eleuterio Mabag issued Monday a memorandum to temporarily close their municipal building after one of the employees tested positive for COVID-19, a respiratory ailment caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Mabag said the closure of the entire municipal building remains until the results of all swab tests taken from the direct contacts of …

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