The provincial capitol of Tarlac. (Photo from the Tarlac provincial government)
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga – A 9-month old girl, a 1-year-old girl and two other children were among the 26 new COVID-19 cases in Tarlac, data from the provincial government showed on Monday, Jan. 3.
In its bulletin, the Tarlac COVID-19 Task force said the 9-month-old girl from Paniqui town tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on Sunday after she manifested mild symptoms. She is currently confined in a hospital.
It said the 1-year-old girl from Tarlac City had moderate symptoms and was found to have contracted the viral disease on Sunday. She is also confined in a hospital.
The two other children, a 4-year-old boy from Concepcion town and a 10-year-old girl from Tarlac City, are both asymptomatic and under quarantine.
The provincial government’s bulletin covered new recorded cases from Jan. 1 to 3.
Tarlac City has the most new cases at 13, followed by Concepcion(4), Capas (2), and the towns of Anao, La Paz, Moncada, Paniqui, Pura, Santa Ignacia and Victoria with one new case each.
The province registered 17 recoveries and zero deaths in its three-day bulletin.
It has recorded a total of 19,082 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in 2021. Of these, 18,160 had recovered while 838 had died.
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