A 79-year-old woman from Lipa City, Batangas is among the elderly patients who have recovered from the coronavirus disease
In a Facebook post on Friday, Lipa Mayor Eric Africa confirmed the recovery of the patient, who is a resident of a subdivision in the city.
The elderly woman is the third to be cured of coronavirus infection in Lipa, which has 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with four fatalities as of Wednesday. On Thursday, Africa said the test results of a 23-day-old baby boy turned out positive for COVID-19 but was only announced four days after his death.A total of 221 have died from the viral disease while 140 have recovered.
While elderly patients and those with underlying medical conditions are at higher risk for complications from COVID-19, many have recovered, according to DOH data..
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