THE Cagayan de Oro City Health Office logged 147 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases over the weekend, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the city to 6,469.
Acting City Health Officer Dr. Lorraine Nery said of the 147 new cases, one is a locally stranded individual (LSI), 37 are close contacts of previously confirmed cases, 63 are local index cases, 14 are local authorized persons outside residence (Apors), six are Apors with link, 22 are persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), and four deaths.
Of the 6,469 total Covid-19 cases in the city, 439 were under the returning overseas Filipino workers/locally stranded individuals (ROFs/LSIs) category and 6,030 cases were local transmissions.
Cagayan de Oro recorded 1,006 active cases, 276 of whom are currently admitted to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center and other hospitals in the city, and 730 are outpatients.
Cagayan de Oro also registered 96 new coronavirus-positive persons who were tagged as "recovered," bringing the total number of recoveries in Cagayan de Oro to 5,188, with an 80.19-percent recovery rate.
Of the figure, 313 are LSIs, 124 are ROFs, and 4,751 are local cases (community: 4,032; Apors: 719).
The number of Covid-19 deaths in the city is now at 275.
