LUCENA CITY —- Batangas has 72 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, authorities reported Sunday.
The Batangas Provincial Public Information Office said 41 of the new cases are from Lipa. It cited the latest bulletin from the Provincial Health Office (PHO), posted at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Lipa also recorded the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the province, with 143 of the current total of 723 active virus carriers.
Batangas has recorded 13,858 COVID-19 cases and 12,689 recoveries since the pandemic was declared in March last year.
The data showed that 73 virus carriers had died due to the illness since the start of 2021. Last year, the province recorded 364 CO…
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