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Zamboanga City now has 124 Covid-19 cases
Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC) has recorded 78 COVID-19 cases, including nine jail guards and 69 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in Zamboanga City to 124.
Sixteen more former PDLs undergoing quarantine have tested positive, bringing the total from this group to 29.
Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco stated that 31 PDLs still have pending test results.
The infected individuals are reportedly doing well at the ZCRC's isolation facility and are being closely monitored by health authorities.
The Department of Health (DOH) also reported that five confirmed cases have been discharged after testing negative and there have been three recorded COVID-19 deaths.
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