TOWNS AND CITIES WITH HIGHEST ACTIVE CASES: 

Malasiqui is on top with 205, followed by Bani (156), Calasiao (140), San Carlos City (131), Umingan (118), Lingayen (115), Bayambang (112), Dasol (110), Bugallon (90), Sison (90) and Mangaldan (90). 

Dagupan City (independent component city) has_1,031 as of September 21.

 

DESPITE 6 NEW DELTA VARIANT CASES 

THOUGH six more Delta variants were detected, bringing to 23 the total number of Delta variants so far detected in Pangasinan, the number of active COVID-19 cases have decreased as more cases recovered than number of new confirmed cases that were logged for the period September 17 to 23.

Statistics released by the Provincial Health Office showed there were 2,645 patients that recovered while only 1,810 new cases were registered with 55 casualties, indicating that the surge of cases felt since the start of September is now on the decline.

As of September 23, the number of recoveries reduce the number of active case to 3,105, from 3,995 on September 16, a development that could be attributed to the reclassification of Pangasinan to General Community Quarantine with Heightened Restrictions from September 1 to 30.

PHO placed the total confirmed cases already detected in Pangasinan to 28,649, while 24,619 had recovered and 923 died.

Among component towns and cities, Malasiqui is on top in the number of cases with 205, followed by Bani (156), Calasiao (140), San Carlos City (131), Umingan (118), Lingayen (115), Bayambang (112), Dasol (110), Sison (93), Bugallon (90), Sison (90) and Mangaldan (90).

Dr. Anna de Guzman, provincial health officer said, of the 23 Delta variants detected in the province, four were detected in returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) while the others were classified as cases resulting from local transmissions, but one died.

All 22 Delta variant cases already recovered by the time the Philippine Genome Center released results of their genome sequencing arrived.

Dr. De Guzman, however, said intensive contact tracing is still feverishly pursued for the first to third generation contacts of the Delta variant positives.

De Guzman strongly suspects that some of the Delta variants may have been transmitted by Authorized Persons Outside of Residence (APORs) who came from Metro Manila and other provinces. (Leonardo Micua)

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