133 barangays in Pasay COVID-19 free

MANILA, Philippines — More than one hundred barangays in Pasay City have not recorded active cases of COVID-19.

As of Sunday, 133 out of 201 barangays in Pasay were declared COVID-free.

The city health office tallied a total of 143 active COVID-19 cases from 68 villages in Pasay. Barangay 183 in Villamor registered the most number of infections with 18.

On March 25, Pasay posted 1,024 COVID-19 infections after the first cases of the South African variant of the virus were detected.

The surge prompted hospitals in the city to stop admitting COVID-19 patients.

Since March last year, Pasay has logged a total of 13,996 COVID-19 cases with 371 deaths and 13,482 recoveries.