Active Covid-19 cases in Candaba town fall
ANDABA - The number of active coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in this municipality started to decline.
CFrom the over recordhigh 202 active cases recorded on April 19, it has dropped to 111 active cases only as of Thursday, April 29.
On the same day alone, 20 new recoveries including four senior citizens were reported by the Municipal Health Of f i ce.
The number of new cases reported each day have also decreased to about ten cases per day from the record-high 51 fresh cases logged on
April 15.
Mayor Ren e Maglanque said most of the cases are workers or those with travel history outside the town and have infected family m em ber s.
"The surge in cases can also be attributed to strict contact-tracing measures we are conducting to ensure that all positive patients, symptomatic or not, will be accounted for and immediately isolated," he said.
Meanwhile, Maglanque also disclosed that the local government is stepping-up its protocols on isolating Covid-19 positive patients.
He said they all asymptomatic patients will be quarantined at the Municipal Isolation Area in Barangay Salapungan instead of home quarantine.
Those with mild symptoms will be transferred to Municipal Infirmary in Barangay Pasig to ensure immediate health care attention if needed, the mayor added.
He, however, said that those in severe condition must be admitted to bigger hospitals to get proper medical care and equipment.
"While we are in the process of vaccinating the people, we continue to ensure that the virus will be contained through stringent health and security measures," Maglanque said.