DAVAO City – A six-day-old baby girl is the youngest survivor of the Covid-19 pandemic in Davao region after recovering from the highly contagious infection after being put on quarantine for 23 days.
In information released by the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao, the Covid-19 patient identified only as PH9934 was admitted to the hospital on May 2 and was discharged on May 25.
The agency did not provide how the infant, whose family resides in Barangay San Isidro in Bunawan District here, got infected but she had a history of exposure to a confirmed positive patient.
Aside from the baby, a 53-year-old female Covid-19 patient, a resident of Talomo Poblacion in this city, has also recovered from the infection and discharged on Monday. According to DOH-Davao, the patient’s travel and exposure history were unknown.
DOH-Davao reported a total of 127 recovered Covid-19 positives as of 5 pm on Monday. The agency listed two new Covid-19 cases in Davao Region, bringing the total to 253 with 25 deaths.
The two new Covid-19-positive patients, both females aged 22 and 34, are residents of Barangay 23-C in Davao City. Health authorities are currently undertaking a case investigation. (Antonio L. Colina IV, Mindanews)
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