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Cebu City (CNN Philippines, May 3) – The number of infections in the province of Cebu has exceeded 1,000, since 60 more prisoners in the Mandaue city jail tested positive for COVID-19.
The new cases bring the total number of infections in the prison to 70, confirmed the City of Mandaue Public Information Office.
The first infection in the city jail was discovered on April 24, when an inmate was hospitalized and tested positive for the virus at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City.
The Visayas Central Health Department reported Saturday that an inmate had died in the Mandaue City Jail from the disease.
Mandaue City now has a total of 89 COVID-19 cases, including two recoveries, with two deaths.
The entire province of Cebu now has a total of 1,084 cases of COVID-19, most of which are found in Cebu City with 910 infections.
The Cebu City Health Department reported 31 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The Cebu City Jail has registered at least 333 cases of COVID-19, while the Cebu Provincial Jail reported 18 infections.
Meanwhile, the mayor of the city of Lapu-Lapu, Junard Chan, also confirmed four new cases in his city on Sunday.
CNN Philippines’ Stringer Dale Israel contributed to this report.
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