BALANGA City, Bataan (PNA) – A 91-year-old woman was among the 28 patients who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO) here.
Governor Albert Garcia said, on Thursday, Nazaria Crisostomo, or “Impong Nene”, of Orion town has completed 14 days of quarantine.
She was one of 12 new recoveries from Orion. The others were from Mariveles (five); Limay and Morong (four each) and Hermosa, Orani, and this city (one each).
The total number of those, who have recovered from the viral disease in Bataan, climbed to 2,418.
“Patunay lang na kahit itinuturing na high-risk ang matatanda sa COVID-19, makarerecover pa rin basta't mabibigyan ng tama at sapat na atensyong medikal gayon din ng pangangalaga ng pamilya at suporta ng ating pamahalaan (This is proof that even if the elderly are considered high risk for COVID-19, they can still recover as long as they are given proper and adequate medical attention, as well as care and support by the family and our government),” Garcia said.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 patients in the province rose to 2,665 with 195 active cases after 19 tested positive for the virus.
The new cases were from Mariveles (seven); Orani (five); Abucay (four); Hermosa (two) and this city (one).