Cagayan province logs 349 new COVID-19 cases

This image, provided by the National Institute of Health on Feb. 27 and taken with a scanning electron microscope, shows the SARS-CoV-2 (yellow) virus emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in a lab. (AFP/National Institutes of Health/Handout)

TUGUEGARAO CITY — Some 349 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Cagayan province on Sunday, (September 26, local data showed.

Most of these cases were recorded in this city, which added 63 infections that day. The other new cases were from the towns of Lasam, Alcala, Baggao, Pamplona, Solana, and Sta. Ana.

This city also logged 11 new COVID-19 deaths on Sunday while Solana and Sta. Ana each had two new deaths while the towns of Camalaniugan, Claveria, Lal-lo, and Sta. Teresita had one each.

Tuguegarao still has the highest active infections in the province at 824 while Baggao and Aparri have 274 and 253 cases, respectively. Pamplona has 221 while Alcala has 214 active cases, local data showed. INQ