FYT's video: Catbalogan Mayor Dexter Uy 36 city health workers test positive for COVID-19

Catbalogan mayor, 36 city health workers test positive for COVID-19 TACLOBAN CITY (FYT, August 20, 2020) - Catbalogan Mayor Dexter Uy revealed he tested positive for COVID-19. "Ha akon paniguro nga diri kita masudlan, hi ako pa an natapnan (I ended up getting infected despite my efforts to protect the city from COVID-19)," Uy said in via Facebook Live. Uy was among the 53 new cases in the capital of Samar province which the Department of Health-Eastern Visayas reported on Thursday night. Thirsty-six of the infected residents are health workers. Eastern Visayas logged a record-high number of COVID-19 cases on August 20, according to DOH-EV. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the region surged to 1,918 - with 1,224, recoveries - after 97 new cases were reported on Thursday night. (READ: https://link.medium.com/YZHZM0xK68) Listen to Uy's full statement delivered in his local language Waray. - FYT