Bacolod City – Negros Occidental logged four COVID-19 related deaths within the first eight days of the year.
However, cases dropped to 136, as of January 8, from its peak of 313 in December last year, according to a report of the Provincial Incident Management Team.
PIMT reports further showed that it recorded 16 COVID-19 related deaths last month.
Since March 27, 2020 up to this date, PIMT has recorded 44,474 cases of COVID-19, of which 42,268 have recovered, with 2,069 deaths.
Based on Department of Health-Western Visayas reports as of Sunday, Negros Occidental logged six new cases, with zero new cases in highly urbanized Bacolod City.
Western Visayas has 13 new COVID-19 cases. (Gilbert Bayoran via The Visayan Daily Star (TVDS), photo courtesy of TVDS)