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Belmonte confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases in QC, brings total to 6
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte confirmed the sixth case of COVID-19 in the city.
The fifth case is a 26-year-old male resident who may have contracted the virus in a hospital where he was first admitted for Dengue.
He visited two private hospitals, with the second one identifying the virus but reportedly advising him to go home due to lack of accommodation.
The Department of Health team took the patient to the hospital on Thursday morning.
Belmonte stated that the two new cases are part of the nationwide tally of 52 confirmed cases.
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Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte confirmed the city's fifth COVID-19 case, a 26-year-old male resident of Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame with no recent travel history.
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Quezon province confirmed its first case of COVID-19, a 35-year-old man from Lucena City, on Sunday evening, March 15.
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The Philippines has confirmed a total of 10 COVID-19 cases.
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