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Negros Oriental Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Negros Oriental have started to decline this month following a sudden spike in January, believed to be driven by the Omicron variant. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, in a virtual presser Friday afternoon, said reports of new cases received by her office for February 1-3 totaled 528, excluding reinfections and patients who are not residents of Negros Oriental. "I think this is now the start of the decline of Covid-19 cases in the province, and I hope this trend will now continue, but still, we should not let our guards down," she said in mixed English and Cebuano, as she called on the people to still adhere to the minimum health protocols. Test results from January 27-31 showed a total of 905 new infections, which was the "peak" of the latest surge in the province, Estacion noted. While ....

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