LUCENA CITY — Two more COVID-19 patients from Tiaong and Gumaca towns in Quezon have died, bringing the death toll in the province to 263, the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) disclosed in its 10 a.m. bulletin Saturday, March 6.
No details were given on the latest fatalities.
Quezon, which is still under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) until March 31, logged 7,301 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic was declared in March last year. At least 6,908 have recovered.
At least 66 of the total 263 deaths in the province were from Lucena.
The province still has 130 active virus carriers, a remarkable drop from the highest tally of 1,119 active cases in the twice…
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