SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — The COVID-19 death toll in this province reached 60 on Wednesday, June 9, after the deaths of three more elderly patients.
Dr. Noel Bueno, provincial health director, said the new fatalities were a 77-year-old man from Subic town, an 81-year-old man from Botolan, and a 74-year-old woman also from Subic.
Bueno said these patients died between May 21-24 but were added to the COVID-19 tally only on Wednesday since their infection was confirmed based on a postmortem.
Health data also showed that the province also recorded 23 other new COVID-19 cases on the same day. These include three kitchen crew at a public office in the capital town of Iba, who were exp…
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