CITY OF SAN FERNANDO The number of active corona virus disease (COVID) cases in Pampanga is still at 152, according to the Department of Health’s Covid-19 Tracker.

At least three new active cases were recorded in the province on March 18, Saturday.

This brings the total number of active cases in Pampanga to 97, 245 since the start of the pandemic three years ago.

The total number of recoveries has also reached some 95, 104 from those who were infected.

Deaths from the virus have reached 1,989.

Some 22 new cases were recorded in Pampanga in the last 14 days.

Three new cases were recorded in Angeles City for the same time period.

The rate of occupancy for coronavirus cases in health facilities in Pampanga is now at 0.7 percent,

the lowest since the start of the pandemic.

Fewer people are in hospitals due to covid-19 as only five hospital beds among 667 available hospital beds in Pampanga are currently occupied.

Forty-two health facilities in Pampanga are currently at low-risk level of being overcrowded by covid-19 cases.