LUCENA CITY –– At least 37 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Quezon province have been removed from the list of active virus carriers in the past four days, authorities said March 4.
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), in its 5 p.m. report Thursday, disclosed that the active COVID-19 case dropped to 134, its lowest daily tally, from 171 on March 1.
On March 2, the recorded active virus carriers were 155, then further dropped to 142 the next day.
The highest tally in the IPHO’s twice-a-day count of active cases was recorded on Nov. 12 last year with 1,119.
Most of the former validated virus carriers, who were removed from the active list, have either recovered or died.
Records also showed that the total number of recorded new COVID-19 cases from March 1 to March 3 reached 24 while recoveries totaled 65.
The number of COVID-19 cases in the province between January and February also dropped by over 50 percent, records from the IPHO showed.
The new virus carriers last month totaled 342 compared to the 696 reported in January, the IPHO said.
Provincial authorities attributed the drop in cases to the strict compliance of the people to health protocols.
As of March 4, Quezon has recorded 7,285 virus cases, with 6,890 recoveries and 261 deaths.
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