CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The total number of patients who recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Central Luzon has breached 125,000 since the onset of the pandemic last year.
The Central Luzon Center for Health Development (CLCHD), in its regional case bulletin released Wednesday night, reported 513 new recoveries, bringing the total to 125,392.
The region’s active cases stand at 3,972, after 267 new cases were reported. Of the total, 68 are asymptomatic cases, 3,725 are mild, 84 are moderate, 73 are severe and 22 are critical.
The total number of those who died of Covid -19 in the region is 3,301 which is 2.5 percent of the total caseload.
Meanwhile, the recoveries represent 94.5 percent of the total 132,665 confirmed infections in the region.
Despite the downward trend of the Covid-19 cases in the region, the CLCHD reminded the public not to be complacent and to follow the minimum health standards amid the vaccination rollout.
DOH-3 (Central Luzon) director Corazon Flores also encouraged the public to keep on supporting the implementation of preventive measures against Covid-19.
“Pakiusap po sa ating lahat, sama-sama po tayong magpabakuna. Let us continue to implement the Prevent, Detect, Isolate, Treat, and Recover (PDITR). At huwag po tayong makalimot magsuot ng mask, mag-physical distancing, and handwashing and all these things, kaya po nating labanan ang Covid-19 (An appeal to all, let us be vaccinated together. Let us continue to implement Prevent, Detect, Isolate, Treat, and Recover (PDITR) and do not forget to wear mask, physical distancing and handwashing and all these things, we can fight Covid-19),” Flores said in her earlier statement. (PNA)
