Davao City records zero new Covid-19 cases on Dec. 19
By Ralph Lawrence G. Llemit
Davao City has recorded zero Covid-19 cases for the first time this year on Sunday, December 19.
According to the Department of Health-Davao Region (DOH-Davao) data as of December 19, the city has a total of 80 active Covid-19 cases. Of the total 53,874 cases since March 2020, 52,003 have recovered and 1,791 succumbed to the disease.
Based on the DOH-Davao data, this is the first time the city had not recorded a new Covid-19 case in a single day since the start of the year.
In a statement, Davao City Covid-19 Task Force Spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser said the recent development on the Covid-19 situation in the city is a reason to celebrate.
“We have to celebrate little successes like this,” Schlosser said in a Davao City Information Office press release.
She attributed the improving situation to the management of the Covid-19 response and to the “multifactorial contribution of all the players in managing Covid-19.”
The official also attributed the partnership of the government and public sectors for contributing and continuing cooperating with the city’s strategies in containing the spread of the infection in the city.
“And finally the public themselves po because through them we were able to hit the latest tally of 92.5 percent coverage to reach the herd immunity for the first dose and 82.15 percent for fully vaccinated,” Schlosser said.
She added the education and information campaigns play a major role in the success of the city’s Covid-19 management and response.
In the past week, Davao City logged a total of 18 active COVID-19 cases: two on December 12, three on December 13, four on December 14, one on December 15, four on December 16 and 18, and zero on December 19.
No case bulletin was posted on DOH Davao’s Facebook page on December 17 when most of the region’s areas experienced an internet outage.
Schlosser earlier revealed that the city hit its lowest Covid-19 positivity rate since March 2020, currently at 0.5 percent.
“Medyo happy kaayo ta karon, Nagapadayon nga mubo ang atong mga cases. Nagpadayon mubo atong positivity rate unya wala pa tay any case of new variant (We are happy since our Covid-19 cases have remained low. Our positivity rate is also low and we don’t have any case of new variant),” she said
Meanwhile, she reiterated the continuous compliance of the minimum health protocols in the city.
Davao City is currently under Alert Level 2 until the end of 2021 due to the continuing downtrend of active cases. RGL with reports from CIO
