Olongapo City records 2 more COVID-19 deaths | Inquirer News

Olongapo City records 2 more COVID-19 deaths

/ 06:40 PM May 29, 2021

COVID-19 recovery rate in Olongapo City remains high at 86 percent

Olongapo City continues to get new COVID-19 cases every day, but the number of patients recovering is also increasing. (Photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)

OLONGAPO CITY– The death toll in Olongapo City due to the coronavirus disease rose to 93 on Friday (May 28), after a 77-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man were added to the list, according to Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr.

The city has been logging COVID-19 deaths for the last eight days and most of them were elderly residents, he said.

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New infections also surged on Friday after 25 patients aged 10 to 81 contracted COVID-19. The new transmissions increased Olongapo’s active COVID-19 cases to 243.

So far, the city has tallied a total of 1,941 cases since the pandemic began last year. But 1,605 of these patients have since recovered. JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT

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