Coronavirus cases in San Juan reach 9 | Inquirer News

Coronavirus cases in San Juan reach 9

By: - Reporter / @KHallareINQ
/ 02:59 PM March 13, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in San Juan City has reached nine, Mayor Francis Zamora said Friday.

“As of March 13, 2020, 230pm, San Juan has 9 confirmed COVID-19 patients,” Zamora said in a message to reporters.

All of them, he added, are in stable condition.

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The latest case is a 70-year-old female and a resident of Barangay West Crame. She is also receiving treatment in a private hospital in Manila.

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So far, the country has recorded 52 confirmed cases of COVID-19, a disease that first broke out in Wuhan City in China.

The COVID-19 crisis was later declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

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And because of the growing number of COVID-19 patients in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire Metro Manila under a “community quarantine.”

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