LUCENA CITY —- The City of San Pablo in Laguna province has 13 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients on Wednesday, health authorities said.
A 73-year-old man also died from COVID-19, bringing the death toll in the city to 44, said a report from the city’s Anti-COVID-19 Task Force posted on Facebook at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17.
The fatality from Barangay San Gabriel died four days after he tested positive for COVID-19.
The report said the 13 new patients include two women ages
82 and 67. They were exposed separately to virus carriers and are now in isolation.
The new cases brought to 98 the total active carriers in the city as of March 17.
San Pablo, which is …
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