LUCENA CITY —- Quezon province saw its highest record of COVID-19 deaths in a single day on Sunday.
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), in its 5 p.m. bulletin on May 23, showed that 13 patients succumbed to COVID-19.
The latest fatalities are from Lopez town with 4, Lucban — 3; Candelaria — 2; and Calauag, Mauban, Tiaong, and Gumaca with 1 each.
At least 92 active virus carriers in Quezon had died since May 1, or an average of four fatalities daily, the IPHO records showed.
The COVID-19 death toll in the province now stands at 492. Lucena, the capital city of Quezon, has the highest number of fatalities at 88.
As of May 23, Quezon, which remains under gener…
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