COVID-19 positive

BACOLOD CITY — A fisherman from Hinigaran, Negros Occidental tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The provincial government reported on Friday that the patient was a 38-year-old man, who travelled to a fishport in Manila on May 3. He then started to experience fever, cough, and difficulty of breathing. On May 11, he arrived at the Iloilo City fishing port, and was admitted at a hospital in Iloilo the following day.He was diagnosed with pneumonia on May 13, and swab samples were taken and sent to a bio lab. On May 14, swab test results came out positive.