Some 120 of the new cases were from Angeles City, while the rest of the cases were mainly from the City of San Fernando.
Some 120 new active cases were reported in the City of San Fernando in at least 33 barangays of the city. The new rise in the cases has brought the active cases in the city to 556.
In Santa Rita town, nine new cases were reported, bringing the total active infections to 49.
Some 22 new active cases were also recorded in Magalang town.
On January 8, 21 new active cases were reported in Mexico town, bringing its active cases to 42.
Pampanga’s total confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic has breached the 70,000-mark with 71,019 confirmed infections as of Monday, January 10. Some 67,236 of these confirmed cases have all recovered.
Covid-19 deaths in the province stood at 1,742 cases.
Pampanga’s bed occupancy rate rose to 42.6 percent due to increase in cases. This means that 460 hospital beds in 46 health facilities are currently occupied, with 619 beds remaining vacant as of Monday.