CITY OF SAN FERNANDO There is now a steady decline in the number of active coronavirus cases in Pampanga.

Latest data from the Department of Health’s official virus tracker showed that the active cases in the province declined to 158 as of February 3, Saturday.

No new cases were recorded on the same day.

Since the start of the pandemic, the total number of cases reached 97,212 with some 95, 066 recoveries.

Covis deaths from the virus have reached a total of 1,988.

The rate of recovery is high with some 25 recoveries in Pampanga in the last 14 days and another 3 in Angeles City for the same period.

The bed occupancy rate among health facilities for coronavirus-related cases is down to 0.7 percent, the lowest since the start of the pandemic.

This means that only four of the 593 beds are occupied in the 45 health facilities in the province.

The latest data shows that 32 of the said facilities are at a low risk of occupancy rate.