By Chito Chavez Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Tuesday appealed to the public to remain calm, assuring them that the 17 mayors of Metro Manila had forged an agreement to "help each other" track down persons who had close contact with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Mayor Joy Belmonte (Mayor Joy Belmonte Official Facebook Page / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) She issued the call after confirming that three of the country's 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19 are from Quezon City. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed 11 more cases of COIVD-19, bring the total number of cases in the country to 35. Belmonte said city health officials are conducting intense contact tracing linking to the confirmed cases. Urging the public not to panic in the midst of the COVID-19 scare, Belmonte appealed to local residents to take all precautionary measures to prevent contacting the dreaded disease. The first patient from Quezon City is a man, 57, who lives on Baler Street and has been confined at a hospital. Belmonte said the first victim’s family has been quarantined at their home, saying that no members of his family were tested positive for the COVID-19 disease. Even if the first patient had not traveled abroad, it was confirmed that he had visitors from China, the United States, and Davao. On a positive note, Belmonte said it was actually good that the patient had not left his home for the past two weeks because he was feeling ill, saying it meant that he only met a few people. She noted that the second patient, in his 30s, lives in a condominium unit on Tomas Morato Avenue that was disinfected Monday on her order. The patient is "okay" and is confined in a private hospital outside Quezon City. City health officials are tracing the whereabouts of the third COVID-19 patient who is from the Project 6 area. On Monday, President Duterte met with Metro Manila mayors to discuss the plans to contain the COVID-19 disease, particularly zeroing in on the suspension of classes.