Active COVID-19 cases in Quezon province down to 25
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LUCENA CITY – The number of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon province dropped to 25 after tallying 65 on Jan. 1.
In its latest bulletin, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) at 5 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 22) reported only two new COVID-19 cases in Mauban town.
The report did not provide further details about the new cases.
As of Sunday, 23 of the 41 municipalities in the province no longer have any recorded COVID-19 cases. Those previously infected in the localities have either recovered or died.
But out of the 23 towns, at least 13 have only one active case each.
Mauban and the island town of Polillo topped the list with three active infections each, followed by Lucena City, Dolores and Tiaong, with two each.
This month, the IPHO already recorded 79 new COVID-19 cases and five fatalities.
The province logged 209 COVID-19 cases last month, 219 in November, and 398 in October, the IPHO data showed. INQ
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