Pasay strictly monitoring Covid cases
The city government of Pasay is keenly monitoring the Covid-19 cases in its territory to ensure the spike of infections would be controlled.
Latest numbers obtained from the city health office showed new cases and recoveries as of 28 February.
According to the figures, there are 504 active cases (with 60 new cases) and 7,383 recovered cases (with 78 new recoveries) on Sunday.
Earlier, the number of barangays placed under localized enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Pasay City has reached 55 due to the continuous surge of Covid-19 cases.
The ground situation is being monitored by officials of the Pasay City government and Pasay City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU).
The city’s public information office has ramped up contact tracing efforts to contain the further spread of the dreaded virus among residents residing within the Covid-19 high-risk communities.
Villages that have been placed under localized lockdown earlier are barangays 28, 29, 32, 40, 57, 58, 66, 68, 71, 76, 81, 95, 98, 100, 107, 109, 118, 122, 132, 135, 136, 143, 155, 156, 159, 162, 175, 177, 178, 183, 190, 192, 201, 171, 7, 8, 14, 20, 26, 36, 51, 59, 65, 74, 90, 96, 99, 110, 111, 116, 131, 161, 188, 193, and 194.
Earlier, Miko Llorca, CESU head, said the localized community quarantine will only be implemented in streets and households that are high-risk for Covid-19 infection.
He added that each barangay that will record more than three Covid-19 cases will be placed under localized ECQ.
On 18 February Pasay City has recorded additional 83 new cases, while 100 new cases have been logged on 20 Feb., increasing the city’s total confirmed cases to 395 as of 1 p.m. on 24 February.
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government has intensified its efforts to curb the Covid-19 cases in Pasay.
Around 335 contact tracers are now working double time to identify all people that a Covid-19 patient has come in contact with in the last two weeks, she added.
Rubiano has already requested the IATF for additional nurses and contact tracers to augment the city’s contact tracing efforts.
She said the city government’s contact tracing team now operates with the ratio of one contact tracer per 1,330 residents.