MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Aurora province has obtained COVID-19-free status following the recovery of all infected patients, the provincial emergency operations center announced Sunday, Jan. 29.
In its latest update, the Aurora government said the coastal province had zero active cases since Jan. 26.
It said it recorded only six cases of COVID-19 this month—one on Jan. 5, two on Jan. 10, one on Jan. 13, and two on Jan. 16.
The provincial government said all the patients had recovered from the viral disease.
Aurora is the first province in Central Luzon to become free of COVID–19 this year.
Since the pandemic started in 2020, Aurora has recorded 4,404 COVID-19 cases, of which 4,154 have recovered, while 250 died. INQ
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