PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 28 Sep) – The Caraga region has 36 new COVID-19 cases with variants of concern, bringing the total to 149, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development reported.
Delta is still the dominant variant with 31 of the new cases, three Alpha and two Beta.
These were based on samples sent to the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center last August.
Agusan del Sur has the highest cases of Delta variant with 24 recorded, distributed in Loreto with five cases, Bayugan City and San Francisco town each with four cases, San Luis and Talacogon with three cases each, and one each in the municipalities of Esperanza, Prosperidad, Rosario, Sta. Josefa and Trento.
The province of Surigao del Norte has five Delta variants, of which four were from Surigao City and one from Claver town.
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The town of Cantilan in Surigao del Sur has two Delta cases.
For the Alpha variant, Agusan del Sur has two – from the towns of Prosperidad and Rosario – while Tandag City in Surigao del Sur has one.
For Beta variant, Prosperidad in Agusan del Sur and Tandag City in Surigao del Sur have one each.
As to the case profile, the age range is 9-79 years old with 36 as the median age; 64% (23) are females while 36% (13) are males, and 25% (9) have known comorbidities.
The majority, 50% (18), neither have a travel history nor close contact to a positive case, 28% (10) are close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 14% (5) are exposed in the workplace.
Meanwhile, 5% (2) are postpartum mothers.
As to vaccine status, 64% (23) of the cases are unvaccinated individuals.[]
