2-month-old-baby in Quezon tests positive for COVID-19 | Inquirer News

2-month-old-baby in Quezon tests positive for COVID-19

By: - Correspondent / @dtmallarijrINQ
/ 01:05 PM August 25, 2020

LUCENA CITY –– A 2-month-old baby girl from Gumaca town is one of the latest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Quezon province, authorities reported Tuesday.

Mayor Webster Letargo disclosed on social media that aside from the infant (Confirmed case #28) from Barangay Buensuceso, another 68-year-old housewife (Confirmed case #29) from Barangay San Diego also contracted the dreaded respiratory disease.

Both their “positive test” results came out Tuesday. The young COVID-19 patient is symptomatic, while the older one is asymptomatic, said Letargo.

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Gumaca has 16 active cases.

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The Quezon Integrated Provincial Health Office in its 10 a.m. bulletin also reported that another confirmed COVID-19 patient from Calauag town died.

The death toll among COVID-19 cases in the province rose to 30.

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As of Tuesday morning, Quezon reverted to general community quarantine until August 31, recorded a total of 909 COVID-19 cases, 400 of which are active. The province also logged a total of 479 recoveries.

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