64-year-old Olongapo woman dies of COVID-19; fatalities now at 65

OLONGAPO CITY–The city’s death toll due to the coronavirus disease had swelled to 65 on Friday, Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. said.

The latest fatality is a 64-year-old woman tagged as patient 1309 from Barangay (village) New Ilalim who was hypertensive and diabetic.

She contracted the virus on April 17 and was confined at a private hospital where she died.

Earlier on Thursday, a 92-year-old man also died of COVID-19.

Paulino said 11 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Friday. The patients are aged 17-81 years old.

Olongapo now has a total 1,473 COVID-19 patients. At least 1,258 of them have healed from the disease. JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT 

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