Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 11) — There are now 745 inmates and 125 jail personnel who have caught COVID-19, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said Thursday.
Among the infected prisoners in detention facilities are 321 active cases or those currently ill, while there are 60 active cases among jail workers, the agency said.
It added that 14 more inmates survived the highly-contagious disease, raising the number of recoveries to 388. Three more jail personnel also have been cured from the disease, bringing total survivors among workers to 65.
The death toll among prisoners remains at six while no one has died from the jail workforce, the BJMP said.
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