Manila, May 31 -- The Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 said 89 percent or 49 of the 55 fatalities are considered to have died with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as "incidental cause".
In a report posted on Saturday, Dr. Eugenia Mercedes Canal, DOH-7 Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit cluster head, revealed that the only six deaths or 11 percent in the region are considered Covid-19-related.
Although the DOH-7 provides no explanation, the report supported the observation of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia last week saying that many of the Covid-19 deaths in Cebu died with comorbidities like chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, severe anemia, blood disorder, myocardial infarction, severe trauma due to accident, hypertension,...