COVID-19 death toll in Capiz now at 41

By Felipe V. Celino 

 

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed 41 lives in Capiz as of Thursday.

The Provincial Health Office also reported 14 new cases – 6 in Mambusao, 3 in Roxas City, 2 in Pontevedra; and one each in Pilar, Cuartero and Dumarao towns.

The province has 728 confirmed COVID-19 cases (70 active and 627 recoveries).

Meanwhile, one of the 41 persons who died from COVID-19 was from Roxas City.

The new fatality was a 31-year-old lady and resident of Malipayon Village, Barangay Tiza.