COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Eastern Visayas |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Catarman |
Arrival date | March 23, 2020 (4 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 6 days) |
Confirmed cases | 67,099 |
Recovered | 65,998 |
Deaths | 867 |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached Eastern Visayas on March 23, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Northern Samar.