COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Western Visayas |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | Bacolod |
Arrival date | March 20, 2020 (4 years, 4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days) |
Confirmed cases | 50,894 |
Recovered | 45,550 |
Deaths | 1,067 |
Government website | |
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Western 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 Western Visayas on March 20, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bacolod. All provinces have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.