LUCENA CITY — The number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Quezon continued to drop, authorities reported Saturday.
The decline came despite a surge of new virus carriers recorded late last year.
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), in its 10 a.m. bulletin on Saturday, said the present number of 244 active virus carriers in the province was down from 343 on Feb. 1.
The highest tally of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon was recorded on Nov. 12 last year — 1,119–and dropped to 241 in the twice-a-day count on the afternoon of Feb. 12, its lowest daily tally.
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