by Raadee Sausa February 17, 2021 Status of Covid-19 cases in Quezon Province as o...
February 17, 2021
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Status of Covid-19 cases in Quezon Province as of 10:00 am today,
February 17, 2021. (Photo from Quezon - PIO) |
LUCENA CITY - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) active cases in Quezon continued to drop, report said over the weekend.
The decline came despite a surge of new virus carriers recorded late last year.
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) bulletin on Saturday, said the present number of 244 active virus carriers in the province was down from 343 on February 1.
The highest tally of active COVID-19 cases in Quezon was recorded on November 12, 2020 – 1,119–and dropped to 241 in the twice-a-day count on the afternoon of February 12, its lowest daily tally.
“Most people now have learned and are now observing safety and health protocols. That is one primary reason behind the remarkable decline of cases in the province,” Janet Geneblazo, Quezon public information officer said.
Lucena City, the provincial capital, now has only 37 active cases, which peaked at 279 on October 21, 2020.
Earlier, Mayor Roderick Alcala of Lucena said, the remarkable drop in the number of active virus carriers in the city’s daily tally can be attributed to diminishing "pasaway" (stubborn) persons in the locality.
The mayor also explained that the sharp decline of COVID-19 cases was also because of the strict safety protocols being implemented by more than 600 barangay community task force (BCTF) members.
Since December 7, 2020, the BCTF has been conducting regular patrols in the city’s 33 villages to arrest violators of the city ordinance requiring the wearing of face masks and distancing of at least one meter.
On Saturday, the province logged 1,552 COVID-19 cases, 1,460 recoveries, and 55 fatalities, the highest in the province.
The IPHO records also indicated a downward trend of new COVID-19 cases in the province.
From February 1 to 13, a total of only 185 cases have been recorded so far. From January 1 to 31, the province logged 696 COVID-19 cases.
In December, the province logged 845 cases, in November 2020, 1,612, and in October 1,717.
Quezon, still under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status, has logged 7,099 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic was declared in March last year, but at least 6,619 have recovered.
The death toll from COVID-19 in Quezon stands at 236, with at least 12 fatalities recorded after two weeks in February.
Sixteen of the 41 towns in the province are now considered virus-free as they no longer have any active cases as of February 13.
Those previously infected in these localities have either recovered or had died, the report showed.
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