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Tarlac reports 4 coronavirus cases
Governor Susan Yap declared a provincial lockdown in Tarlac effective Sunday, March 29, 2020, due to confirmed COVID-19 cases.
As of March 27, Tarlac has confirmed four COVID-19 cases, including a 75-year-old woman from Paniqui and a 39-year-old male from Gerona.
The province also reported nine deaths among persons under investigation (PUIs) for the virus.
As of March 26, Tarlac had 17,040 persons under monitoring (PUMs) and a total of 213 PUIs, with 25 test results pending.
Governor Yap urged residents to take the virus seriously and cooperate with government guidelines.
Detailed lockdown guidelines were to be distributed to local government officials on Friday, March 27.
Tarlac became the second province in Central Luzon to implement a lockdown, following Aurora.
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