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.[]
Most of the cases or 92% (33) have recovered, while 8% (3) cases have died. The two Delta variant deaths were female senior citizens, of whom one was diabetic. The Alpha variant death was a middle-aged bedridden female with spinal cord injury for 11 months. All were unvaccinated with neither travel history nor exposure to a confirmed case. One died at home and two were hospitalized due to severe symptoms.
The DOH CHD-Caraga, through the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), is actively coordinating with local health authorities to continuously monitor the situation in the region.[]
