Updated Bohol COVID

deaths now at 160

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 23 (PIA) – In its latest update of coronavirus disease (COVID-related deaths in Bohol, the Interagency Task Force (BIATF) on the management of Emerging Infectious Diseases reported that 160 Boholanos have since died from May 23, of last year when Bohol recorded its first viral disease mortality of the disease that allegedly started an outbreak in Wuhan China.

The newest and most updated figure shows 38 death cases more than the one reported as of 12 noon July 22, 2021 death cases report which was then at 122.

The updated report also placed not 13 but 8 Bohol towns with a clean slate in COVID-related mortalities, registering a huge data gap from its July 22 12 noon record of COVID deaths at 122 to 160 July 23 at 3PM.

On a positive note, in its June 23 2021 report, BIATF Emergency Operations Center (EOC) showed a significant
news: there are less active COVID cases in Bohol with the figure finally going below the thousand mark, after a month and four days.

It may be recalled that since June 11, 2021 when Bohol’s active COVID confirmed cases breached the 1,000 mark, it has since stayed way past the thousand mark until this morning’s reports with cases recorded at 970.

The records of COVID deaths however leapfrogged from 122 at 8 PM last July 21, to 157, as the EOC’s updated its report last July 23 at 8 AM.

“The 38 cases which pushed the increase of local COVID deaths however did not happen due to an overnight spike in deaths, but is more of the more accurate data collection and validation efforts done by health care offices and health care personnel,” according to the EOC in its latest report.

And then, by 3 PM of July 23, another updated report shows and even more stunning data.

Since March 23 of last year, 159 more Boholanos have died of the viral disease that attacks the body’s respiratory system.

While the latest update showed an increase in the number of fatalities, the number of active COVID cases further decreased from the 1,219 at 3 PM in July 22 to 955 at 8 PM of July 23 and even down to 857 active COVID-confirmed cases, seven hours later.

At 8,890 cumulative number of confirmed COVID cases as of 12 noon on July 22, the figure also jumped to 9,111 by 3 PM of Friday July 23.

From 7,519 recoveries noted last July 22 at the BIATF EOC 12 noon report, the figure also rose to 8,102 by the same 3 PM July 23 report. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol)