3 elderlies beat COVID-19 in San Pablo City

LUCENA CITY –– Three senior citizens survived the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Pablo City in Laguna province, local authorities said.

The city’s Anti-COVID-19 Task Force, in their reports on Facebook on Wednesday, Feb. 24, said two female elderlies, aged 62 and 68, and a 66-year-old man have recuperated from the illness.

The three survivors were among the six recorded recoveries from COVID-19 on Feb. 23.

Meanwhile, a 66-year-old woman, and a 10-year-old girl, are among the six new virus carriers in the city.

The woman, who has mild symptoms, and confined in an undisclosed hospital, was exposed to a virus carrier.

The young girl, who had no history of exposure to a COVID-19 patient, is asymptomatic. She is set to be transferred to a community isolation facility.

The city has logged a total of 1,237 COVID-19 cases, with 1,129 recoveries, 39 fatalities, and 69 remaining active cases.

As of Feb. 22, Laguna, which is under modified general community quarantine, has recorded 20,224 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic was declared in March last year.

At least 19,248 of them have recovered, while 518 have died. The province still has 458 active cases.

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