2 elderly patients contract COVID-19 in Olongapo City
Two more COVID-19 cases were recorded in Olongapo City, which has seven active infections as of June 13. (Photo by Joanna Rose Aglibot)
OLONGAPO CITY—Two elderly residents in this city were the latest to get infected with COVID-19, data from the local health office showed on Sunday, June 12.
The patients, a 66-year-old man from Barangay Barretto and a 70-year-old man from Barangay Gordon Heights, were fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Both did not show symptoms of the viral disease.
The local task force said the new patients brought to seven the city’s active COVID-19 cases.
Olongapo has registered 7,004 COVID-19 cases since 2020. At least 6,647 patients had been cleared of the disease, accounting for 95 percent of all cases.
The city also recorded 350 deaths related to COVID-19, the data showed.
As of Sunday, at least 17 more residents were being monitored for possible COVID-19 infections.
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