Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 16) – Seventeen more police personnel contract COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected cops to 231.
Philippine National Police Health Service Director Police Brigadier General Herminio Tadeo Jr. said Saturday that the seventeen new cases are all police personnel assigned in Metro Manila. The youngest is a 25-year-old policewoman from Manila while the oldest is a 54-year-old policeman from Rizal.
Tadeo added that one more cop has recovered from the coronavirus disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 67, while fatalities in the police force remain at four.
Among these coronavirus cases, 116 patients are in quarantine facilities, seven are admitted in hospitals, and 35 are undergoing home quarantine, the PNP said.
The PNP Health Service also identified 687 police personnel who were categorized as probable cases, while 536 were recommended as suspected cases.
A total of 1,728 police personnel, including 841 probable cases, 871 suspected cases and 16 confirmed cases, have completed quarantine in their homes, the PNP said.
The Philippines now has 12,091 cases of the coronavirus disease, with 2,460 recoveries and 806 deaths.
