WV logs 13 new COVID-19 cases, highest one-day spike

The Department of Health (DOH-6) reported on Saturday, June 20, 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Western Visayas. 

This was the highest number of new cases recorded in a single day in the region.

The latest cases involved five overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and eight locally stranded individual (LSIs). 

Majority of the new COVID-19 patients are from Negros Occidental with nine and one each from Iloilo City, Iloilo province, Bacolod City, and Capiz.

The new cases brought the region-wide tally to 177, including 109 recoveries and 11 deaths.

The number of active cases stood at 57.IMT