Manila, April 8 -- 9) patients were discharged from a hospital here on Tuesday, bringing the total recoveries to seven with only six still confined.

During a virtual presser, Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) chief, Dr. Ricardo Runez Jr. said a 31-year-old male resident of Manila and a 49-year-old local who frequents Manila were sent home.

They were discharged after final tests prove they are free of the virus.

The oldest Covid-19 patient was discharged on April 3, a 73-year-old woman. Earlier a 55-year old woman was also discharged after the first three aged 52, 61 and 70.

Those still confined are the 23-year-old male from Manila, the 52-year-old health worker Joel Junsay who revealed on social media that he contracted...