Zambales has imposed stricter border controls amid the threat of the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, which was detected in Olongapo City. (Photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)
SAN ANTONIO, Zambales––Seventy-five more COVID-19 cases were reported in this province on Thursday, Aug. 12, officials said.
It was one of the highest single-day infections logged in Zambales since the pandemic started last year.
Provincial health director Dr. Noel Bueno said 17 of the latest cases were between 4 months and 18 years old.
Most of them showed some symptoms of the disease and were exposed to infected patients, Bueno said.
On the same day, the province also recorded 88 recoveries, one of the highest numbers of patients healed from the disease in a single day.
The province has 4,771 confirmed cases, of which at least 438 remained active, 4,194 have recovered, and 139 have died. INQ
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