8 Bohol towns remain

COVID-19-deaths-free

CORTES, Bohol, July 23 (PIA) – No matter how hard coronavirus disease (COVID-19) might be dealing its fatal blow, eight of Bohol’s 47 towns and one city managed to be COVID-death free, a year and four months after the island’s inbound travel ban in May 2020.

From the data gleaned from the Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), July 23, 2021, the following towns have remained COVID-death free: Anda, Antequera, Batuan, Clarin, Corella, Dagohoy, President Carlos P. Garcia, and Sikatuna have kept its morbidity slates clean until now.

The towns listed above may have death cases of suspected COVID-19 affectation, but local health authorities and emergency response teams who validate the deaths have finally seen that these are non-COVID deaths, their swab test results show negative of the viral disease.

A Department of Health Memorandum No. 2020-0158 on the proper handling of the remains of the suspect, probable and confirmed COVID cases states that burial and cremation of these remains should be done within 12 hours after death, in accordance with the person’s religion and culturally-acceptable norms, to the most possible extent.

On this, suspect and probable COVID-19 cases who died pending test results are handled similar to a confirmed COVID-19 case, meaning, a burial within 12 hours from death is observed.

On the other hand, Tagbilaran City, possibly being the most populated and with neighborhood so close to each other, tops Bohol’s localities with most number of deaths registering double figures at 27, July 23.

Guindulman, on the other hand is next with 9 death cases, followed by Ubay and Tubigon with 8 mortality cases each.

Candijay sits next with 7 registered deaths.

Inabanga and Maribojoc each have 6 COVID fatalities.

On the other hand, Alicia, Dauis, Garcia Hernandez, Jagna, Loon and Talibon registered 5 cases each.

Calape, Duero, Lila, Loay, have four cases of COVID deaths, and Baclayon, Carmen, Panglao, Sierra Bullones, Trinidad had three deaths each.

The towns of Alburquerque, Balilihan, Buenavista, Cortes, Getafe, Pilar, Sagbayan, San Miguel and Sevilla records two cases of COVID-deaths in the last 16 months. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)