TACLOBAN CITY—At least three persons were added to the list of COVID-19 fatalities in Eastern Visayas, raising the death toll from the disease in the region to 85.
The three latest deaths involved a 68-year-old woman from Tarangnan, Samar; a 52-year-old man from Oras, Eastern Samar; and an 84-year-old woman from San Jose town in Northern Samar.
Two died last Nov. 21. The third died on Nov. 22.
All 24 towns of Northern Samar now have COVID-19 cases.
The island town of San Vicente recorded its first COVID-19 case involving a 53-year-old woman who was admitted at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center (EVRMC) in Tacloban City for an unspecified illness.
The patient was…
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