COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas
| COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Western Visayas |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Bacolod |
| Arrival date | March 20, 2020 (5 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
| Confirmed cases | 50,894 |
| Recovered | 45,550 |
Deaths | 1,067 |
| Government website | |
| ro6 | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Western Visayas is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus reached Western Visayas on March 20, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Bacolod. All provinces have at least one confirmed COVID-19 case.