(File photo) BACOLOD CITY - The Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF) here reported 189 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases on Monday, as infections continue to rise after the holidays and amid the threat of the Omicron variant. "I think we are following the trend in Metro Manila," EOC-TF executive director Em Ang said, confirming the latest figures that came from the local molecular laboratories on Sunday night. She noted that the 189 new cases could be the highest single-day data logged by the city since the start of the pandemic. Still, many of those who tested positive are asymptomatic while the hospital capacity utilization rate in the city is relatively low at around 31 percent, she added. Ang also said only one death has so far been recorded this month. With the increasing local infections, the city government has already reopened quarantine and isolation facilities located in three school campuses. "We have no choice but to reopen because we n
ISOLATION HUB. The Midway Referral Facility for Covid-19 patients in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City in this undated photo. It serves as a treatment facility for symptomatic patients until they fully recover.(File photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - New cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in this city have doubled in two days, prompting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to strongly remind Bacolodnons to continue observing minimum public health standards to curb further spread of the infection. "The Covid-19 pandemic is not over. We should remain compliant with the minimum health protocols. Getting vaccinated certainly protects us, but we have to be reminded to wear face mask, avoid crowded places and observe social distancing at all times," the mayor said in a statement on Thursday. In a Wednesday night meeting of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF), Dr. Rosalie Deocampo, contact tracing cluster head, reported that cases in Bacolod have doubled from
ISOLATION HUB. The Midway Referral Facility for Covid-19 patients in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City in this undated photo. It serves as a treatment facility for symptomatic patients until they fully recover.(File photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - New cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in this city have doubled in two days, prompting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to strongly remind Bacolodnons to continue observing minimum public health standards to curb further spread of the infection. "The Covid-19 pandemic is not over. We should remain compliant with the minimum health protocols. Getting vaccinated certainly protects us, but we have to be reminded to wear face mask, avoid crowded places and observe social distancing at all times," the mayor said in a statement on Thursday. In a Wednesday night meeting of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF), Dr. Rosalie Deocampo, contact tracing cluster head, reported that cases in Bacolod have doubled from
UPROOTED TREES. Trees were uprooted across the city when Typhoon Odette slammed into Bacolod overnight on Dec. 16, 2021. Some 9,054 houses were also damaged, based on the report of the city government.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - The city government here is set to grant financial assistance to owners of 9,054 houses damaged during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette on December 16. Data of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) as of December 28 showed some 745 houses were wrecked while 8,309 others were partially damaged in 57 out of 61 barangays. Mayor Evelio Leonardia said in a statement on Wednesday despite the destruction in properties, the city did not record death or injury even as "Odette" battered Bacolod and the majority of the southern towns and cities in Negros Occidental. "This can be attributed to the local government unit's readiness and implementation of preemptive evacuation," he added. A financial aid