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According to data released by the Bataan Provincial Health Office (PHO), there are now 1,020 active cases and 197 deaths. Contact-tracing efforts revealed that the surge can be traced from infections affecting not just one individual per family but entire households, including children.
The COVID-19 Dashboard monitoring system revealed concentration of recent infections in the city of Balanga and municipalities of Mariveles, Dinalupihan, Limay, Pilar, Orion and Morong.
Dr. Glory Baltazar, chief of the Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center, attributes the increased death rate to the fact that most cases being brought to the hospitals are already at a late stage and that most of the patients have pre-existing conditions or co-morbidities like diabetes, renal disease, stroke or hypertension.