COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region

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COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region

Confirmed cases in the Bicol Region by province (as of August 25)[note 1]

  500–999 confirmed

  100–499 confirmed

  50–99 confirmed

  10–49 confirmed

  1–9 confirmed

Disease COVID-19

Virus strain SARS-CoV-2

Location Bicol Region

First outbreak Wuhan, Hubei, China

Index case Legazpi, Albay

Arrival date March 27, 2020

(1 year and 5 months)

Confirmed cases 14,671

Recovered 12,917
 Deaths 279

Government website

ro5.doh.gov.ph

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.

Contents

 1Timeline
 2Statistics
 3Response
 4Notes
 5References

Timeline[edit]
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 Hospital in Daraga, Albay and a 48-year-old female
from Naga, Camarines Sur.[1] From March 28 to April 1, the DOH reported four more
cases, totaling seven cases.[2][3]
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.[4]
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. [5]
The first recorded case of Camarines Norte was announced on May 11. The case was
that of a resident of Labo who first experienced symptoms on April 27 and went to the
Camarines Norte Provincial Hospital on May 4 for consultation. [6] Three days later the
first confirmed case in Sorsogon was announced, that of a seafarer who arrived
from Florida in the United States.[7]
Masbate recorded its first two cases on June 27, that of a man coming from Taguig in
Metro Manila, and a 1-year old baby from Naga, Camarines Sur. [8]
Ref: COVID-19 pandemic in the Bicol Region - Wikipedia