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ECQ extended in Tuguegarao until Feb. 3 due to rise in COVID-19 cases
The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Tuguegarao City has been extended by five additional days, until midnight of February 3, due to a worsening COVID-19 situation.
The decision to extend the ECQ was approved by the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) on COVID-19.
The average number of new COVID-19 cases in Tuguegarao City increased, with active cases reaching 331, representing 74% of the total cases in the province.
The initial ECQ was imposed from January 19 to January 29 after the number of active cases reached 246, with most cases being local transmissions across 30 barangays.
Mayor Jefferson Soriano stated that the data necessitated the ECQ extension.
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