LUCENA CITY –– Twenty-six new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded in San Pablo City, local authorities said on Monday.
Among the new patients are five males and three female senior citizens, according to a report from the city’s Anti-COVID-19 Task Force posted on social media on March 29.
The city has 235 active cases as of 3 p.m. on March 29., which were only 66 on March 1.
San Pablo has logged a total of 1,588 COVID-19 cases, 1,303 recoveries, and 50 fatalities since the pandemic started in March last year.
From March 1 to 29, a total of 331 COVID-19 cases were recorded compared to only 126 in February.
San Pablo is now under the stricter enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), as part of Laguna province, starting March 28 to April 4 to curb the continued rise of COVID-19 cases.
Mayor Lorenzo Amante reminded the residents to follow all regulations imposed by the national Inter-Agency Task Force under the ECQ.