LUCENA CITY –– Health authorities in Quezon province recorded five deaths from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) four days in the new year, bringing the total death toll to 193.
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) disclosed on Monday, Jan. 4, that four COVID-19 patients – one each in the town of Candelaria and Tayabas City and two in the municipality of Lopez – were the latest listed fatalities.
On Sunday, another patient also died in Unisan town.
The IPHO records showed that 25 COVID-19 patients died last month. In November, 53 have died of the disease.
On Tuesday morning, the IPHO report showed that the number of active virus carriers in the province jumped to 257 from 245 the day before.
The highest tally of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon was recorded on Oct. 31 with 921. This number fell to 760 at the end of November.
Quezon, which remains under the modified general community quarantine status, logged a total of 6,278 COVID-19 cases and 5,828 recoveries since the pandemic broke out in March.
At least 19 localities of 41 towns in the province are now considered COVID-19-free.
Those previously infected in areas have either recovered or died, the IPHO report showed.