CABANATUAN CITY – A couple from Fort Magsaysay has brought to 18 the number of patients who have fully recovered from the coronavirus disease in Nueva Ecija, the province’s inter-agency task force reported Sunday, May 3.
The man, Patient #45, and his wife, Patient #46, both 51-yrars-old had travel history in three European places and were tested positive of Covid-19 on March 29, according to the NEIATF.
They were initially admitted at V. Luna Medical Center in Quezon City and were allowed to return to Nueva Ecija after two weeks when their second swab test turned negative, the report said.
According to the NEIATF, the couple had finished the 14-day strict home quarantine on May 1, thus were declared fully recovered.
This developed as the number of suspected Covid-19 cases in Nueva Ecija rose to 945 as of Sunday, May 3, from 901 on April 29.
Those who tested negative also ballooned to 398 from 382 as the number of people tested increased to 695 from 683 during the said period, the records showed.
The number of deaths for confirmed Covid-19 remained at three while 56 have died from the list of suspected cases.
