The case involved a 51-year-old female who arrived in Catarman, Northern Samar on March 4 after living in San Juan, Metro Manila for about two months.
[1] The second case in the region was confirmed on March 31 and involved a 63-year-old male in Calbayog, Samar who also had travel history to Metro Manila and was admitted to the EVRMC.
[4] Community transmission in the town of Tarangnan, Samar has been confirmed by the Department of Health's Eastern Visayas field office on April 26.
[13] Suspected cases in Eastern Visayas were previously tested at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City.
[14] The Juan Sebastián de Elcano only docked off the coast of Guiuan, Eastern Samar as part of the celebrations of 500 years of Christianity.