COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the Bicol Region, the Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached the Bicol Region on March 27, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Albay.
Timeline
The Department of Health (DOH) announced the first three cases in the Bicol Region on March 27. The cases were that of two male patients (50 and 53 years old) confined at the Bicol Regional Training and Teaching Hospital in Daraga, Albay and a 48-year-old female from Naga, Camarines Sur. From March 28 to April 1, the DOH reported four more cases, totaling seven cases.
Catanduanes recorded its first case on April 19, that 63-year-old woman from Virac. The patient who also had a travel history to Japan was admitted at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center from March 12 to 18. The woman arrived in the province on March 7 prior to the imposition of the Luzon enhanced community quarantine.
The Luzon enhanced community quarantine was partially lifted, downgrading the whole Bicol Region to general community quarantine status starting May 1. However, enhanced community quarantine was reimposed on Albay province the following day.
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