15 more Filipinos abroad die from new virus as toll tops 100 – DFA
MANILA, Philippines — Another 15 overseas Filipinos succumbed to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) boosting the death toll to 103, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
Based on DFA’s latest report, a total of 757 Filipinos abroad have now contracted the respiratory ailment, including 21 new cases.
Moreover, DFA said that of the total count, 414 are still undergoing treatment while 240 are able to recover from the illness caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in China’s Wuhan City, Hubei province, in late 2019.
According to DFA, those infected Filipinos are found in 41 countries and regions.
(1/3) Today is exactly two weeks before the end of the extended ECQ in Luzon. For over 203 countries, areas or territories with confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in the WHO Situation Report as of 15 April, a total of 757 cases among our nationals abroad were recorded by the DFA pic.twitter.com/I0mw3th5Ku
— DFA Philippines 🇵🇭 (@DFAPHL) April 16, 2020
“The DFA remains committed to supporting global and national efforts against #COVID19 to assist our kababayan abroad until we see a global ‘flattening of the curve’,” assured DFA.
In the Philippines, 5,660 people have been found positive for SARS-CoV-2 as of Thursday. This includes 362 fatalities and 435 recoveries.
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