LUCENA CITY — The surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Quezon province continues with the addition of 111 confirmed virus carriers, the highest daily tally this year, on Saturday.
Lucena City and Sariaya town topped the list with 25 new COVID-19 cases each, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) reported in its 5 p.m. bulletin on April 10.
In its 10 a.m. report Sunday, April 11, the IPHO recorded 33 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the current number of active cases to 987, which were only 597 on April 1, indicating the continuous transmission of the highly-contagious illness in the province.
On Friday, April 9, Mayor Macario Boongaling of Candelaria town a…
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