Western Visayas logs 41 new Covid-19 cases, 12 recoveries

Manila, July 13 -- Western Visayas recorded on Monday 41 new confirmed coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, raising the region's tally to 593.

It also recorded 12 new recoveries, which increased the total number of recovered patients to 190.

In a virtual presser, Dr. Jocelyn Te, spokesperson of the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD6), said the new cases and recoveries were based on the 383 laboratory results released by the Western Visayas Medical Center sub-national laboratory (WVMC-SNL), Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital Molecular Laboratory (TLPH-ML) and the Qualimed Hospital Molecular Laboratory (QualiMed-ML).

Nine of the 12 new recoveries are from the province of Iloilo, particularly i...