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ILOILO City – The 32 confirmed cases of Influenza A(H1N1) in Western Visayas have fully recovered, the Department of Health 6 (DOH-6) said.

In Manila, the director of DOH’s Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, revealed yesterday two more Filipinos who died due to the A(H1N1).

The 32 confirmed cases in Region 6 were part of the 102 cases under observation (CUOs) that became positive; 44 have negative results. Twenty-six have pending results.

Ten new cases were confirmed by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) Friday last week while nine new CUOS were also reported.

Of the 32 cases, 10 were from Bacolod City; seven from Iloilo City; six from the province of Iloilo; three each from Capiz and Roxas City; and one each from Kalibo and Negros Occidental.

Oliveros said the total confirmed A(H1N1) cases in the country have risen to 2,658 as of yesterday.

The two recent deaths brought to three the swine flu-related fatalities in the country. Oliveros said they were a seven-year-old girl and a 74-year-old man.

The country’s first fatality was a staff of the House of Representatives – a woman in her 40s.

Oliveros did not say if the girl and the old man were related. She said all persons who had contacts with them are already on quarantine.

Oliveros also said that 95 percent of A(H1N1) patients in the country have fully recovered./PN

(Source: Panay News)

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