MANILA, Philippines — Quezon province has been free of any additional cases of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for five consecutive days, its provincial public information office confirmed Sunday morning. In a post on its official Facebook page, the office confirmed that the tally of cases in the province stood at 72 cases, a number that stayed stationary from May 6 to the morning of May 10. As of 8 a.m. on Sunday, a total of 33 patients in the province recovered from the new pathogen, while seven have passed away. Additionally, the province has documented 1,295 suspect cases to go with 3 probable cases. As of Saturday afternoon, the Department of Health counted 10,610 cases in the country.

Source: Philippine Star May 10, 2020 05:08 UTC