March 17, 2021 The Cebu Provincial Government disclosed this on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The Provincial Information Office showed the copy of the results of the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test that Garcia took on March 16 as a requisite for a town meeting with a dignitary. Weeks before the result was revealed, unofficial reports were circulating, saying that Garcia tested positive for the virus that causes Covid-19. The same kind of reports circulated last year. READ: In August 2020, Capitol announced that Garcia tested negative for the virus that causes Covid-19. She took the test after delivering her message during Cebu’s 451st Charter Day celebration.