THE Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday said 91 individuals have been traced as close contacts of the 16 recent Delta variant cases.
"So, sa NCR ang nai-submit sa amin ay walo. Pero alam natin kahapon that Mayor Isko has mentioned that they were able to trace about 36 individuals. So, inaantay pa rin natin 'yung kanilang submission for the complete report na itong sinabi nila (So, in NCR they submitted us 8. But we know that Mayor Isko said has mentioned they were able to trace about 36 individuals. So, we are waiting for the submission of the complete report)," DoH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a media briefing.
For Region 6, they were able to trace 10 individuals, 27 in Region 10, and 46 returning overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), Vergeire added.
"So, hindi pa po tapos ang back tracing natin, pinagpapatuloy pa rin natin para makita natin lahat 'yung lahat ng taong nakasalamuha nitong mga individuals na 'to. We will be giving information in the coming days again regarding updates on contact tracing (So, we are not done yet with the back tracing and we are still doing it to know how many of them came in contact with these individuals)," Vergeire said.
Vergeire said there are 35 cases detected in the country and 16 of them are recent cases. Eleven of them are local and 5 are returning OFWs.