Olongapo City continues to sustain its downward trend of new COVID-19 cases as it logged 21 more recoveries on Sunday, Feb. 6. (File photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)
OLONGAPO CITY — The number of active COVID-19 cases here dropped for the 13th consecutive day, falling below the 100-mark on Sunday (Feb. 6), local data showed.
According to the city’s COVID-19 task force, 21 more patients recovered from the viral disease, bringing down to 197 the city’s number of active infections from 212 the previous day.
The number of COVID-19 recoveries here has already reached 6,374 out of the 6,908 total infections since the pandemic struck in 2020.
Data also showed that seven new COVID-19 cases were added to the city’s tally. The new patients include an 8-year-old boy from Barangay Barretto.
A 77-year-old woman has also died of COVID-19 complications, such as respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock and coronary artery heart disease. As of Monday, the city’s COVID-19 death stood at 337
The number of active COVID-19 cases here ballooned to over 600 on Jan. 21 or nearly a month after recording zero active infections. INQ
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