Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 9) — No new cases have been reported in the Quezon province for four days now, according to the provincial public information office Saturday.
The province now has 72 cases of COVID-19 and there has been no addition to the tally from May 6 to May 9.
As of Saturday, a total of 33 patients have recovered, while seven have succumbed to the viral illness.
Twenty-nine of the patients who have contracted the virus come from the city of Lucena.
Meanwhile, the number of suspected persons under investigation has gone up to 1,295, and there are three probable persons under investigation, according to the province’s PIO.
President Rodrigo Duterte extended the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and certain provinces, including those under Region IV-A or Calabarzon, until May 15.
Nationwide, the COVID-19 death toll has reached the 700 mark, with the total number of cases now at 10,610, according to the Health Department’s report on Saturday.
Meanwhile, there have been 1,842 recoveries.
