The city government in Mabalacat City, Pampanga has recorded two new cases of Covid-19, as of Friday, December 18, 2020.
The patients are from Sitio San Isidro in Barangay Dau and Mawaque Resettlement Center in Barangay Sapang Biabas.
These brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the city to 872, of Friday.
Mayor Cris Garbo said 720 out of the 872 total patients had recovered from the virus.
The City Health Office (CHO) reported 23 deaths related to Covid-19.
There are l29 active cases confined to different hospitals and quarantine facilities.
The mayor said he instructed the CHO to conduct contact tracing to identify the patients’ close contacts.
Garbo urged city residents to avoid crowded places and mass gatherings to prevent the spread of the virus.
