Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 22) — There are now 1,067 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Quezon City, the Department of Health reported Tuesday.
Despite the rising number of infections in the city, the total number of recoveries has surpassed the casualty count, according to the office of the local government.
There are 103 patients who have survived the viral disease, while 93 have succumbed to it.
The total number of confirmed cases with complete addresses in Quezon City is now at 898, and the total number of validated cases by the QC Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit and District Health Offices (QCESU) is 728.
The city government has implemented extreme enhanced community quarantine in barangays that have two or more confirmed cases.
As of Tuesday a total of 167 swab tests have been conducted in the city’s community-based testing centers, local government hospitals and by the QCESU.
Forty-one more COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease in the country, bringing the total number of those who have survived the potentially deadly infection to 654, the Health Department reported Tuesday.
There are also 140 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country-wide total to 6,599. 437 of them have died, including nine new fatalities.
