LUCENA CITY –– Eleven patients have recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Quezon province, health authorities disclosed Saturday.
In its 8 a.m. bulletin on May 9, the Quezon Public Information Office, citing the latest report from the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), announced on its Facebook page that the 11 patients were from Lucena City (five), Pagbilao (two), and Tayabas City, Candelaria, Calauag, and Lucban towns (one each).
In total, 33 patients have recovered from the disease in the province.
There are 72 remaining COVID-19 cases in the province, however.
Seven of the confirmed COVID-19 cases.have died.
At least 88 suspected carriers are confined in different hospitals and 166 are still under home isolation.
The QPIO also recorded three “probable” patients. One of them is confined in an undisclosed hospital, while the other two had been discharged and had completed home quarantine.
Quezon, considered high risk or “red” province, is under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until May 15.
But according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, Quezon is one of the areas in the country that is expected to be placed under “general community quarantine” status once the ECQ ends.