Once teeming with tourists, the Pundaquit beach in San Antonio town, Zambales province remains empty even after the local tourism has been reopened to visitors outside the province. (Photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)
SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES – Forty new COVID-19 cases were reported in Zambales on Friday (May 28), bringing the total number of infections to 2,034 since the pandemic was declared last year.
Among the newly infected were 11 employees of different companies, some of whom were exposed to their infected coworkers, said Dr. Noel Bueno, provincial health director, in a statement.
The other patients were workers in Olongapo City and in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
Bueno also reported 12 cases who recovered on Friday, raising the total recoveries in the province to 1,962.
To date, Zambales has 288 active COVID-19 cases and 53 deaths because of the disease. JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT