3 more patients in Quezon province die of COVID-19
LUCENA CITY –– Three more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients died in Quezon province on Thursday and Friday, authorities said.
In its 10 a.m. report Friday, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) revealed that a COVID-19 patient died in Tiaong town.
On Thursday, two other COVID-19 patients from Lucena City and neighboring Pagbilao town also died.
No other details were given on the fatalities.
The COVID-19 death toll in Quezon rose to 89. At least 23 of them died from Oct. 1 to 16.
Quezon, which is still under modified general community quarantine, has been recording a continued spike of COVID-19 cases since August after the dreaded illness recorded 703 cases.
Article continues after this advertisementIn September, the IPHO logged another 874 cases.
Article continues after this advertisementAs of Friday morning, Quezon recorded 2,899 COVID-19 cases. At least 904 of them have contracted the virus from Oct. 1 to 16.
The province has 1,013 active virus carriers in different medical facilities and isolation centers.
The province recorded 1,797 recoveries.
Lucena, the capital city of the province, logged 765 COVID-19 cases; active virus carriers – 272; and fatalities – 26, the highest tally among all municipalities in the province.
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