LUCENA CITY —- The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19 cases in Batangas continues to rise, with 16 more deaths and 340 new infections recorded on Thursday, April 8.
The Provincial Health Office (PHO), reported in its April 8 bulletin that the 16 patients who died were residents of Batangas City (4), Lipa City (4), and in the towns of Ibaan (3), Cuenca (2), Padre Garcia (1), Rosario (1) and Sta Teresita (1).
The death toll in the province is now at 524 since March last year, with 43 of them recorded from April 1 to 8.
The latest data showed that 160 patients have died of the illness since January this year. Last year, the province recorded 364 COVID-19 deaths.
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