LUCENA CITY —- Amid the continuous spike in coronavirus cases in Batangas, provincial health authorities on Wednesday recorded its 27th fatality this month.
Four more COVID-19 patients in Lipa City and the towns of Padre Garcia, Rosario, and San Juan succumbed to the highly contagious illness, the Provincial Health Office reported on April 7.
The latest data showed that 144 patients have died due to the illness since January. At least 27 of them died from April 1 to 7. Last year, the province recorded 364 COVID-19 deaths.
The COVID-19 death toll in the province is now at 508. Batangas City topped the list, with 93, followed by Lipa City with 90.
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