(Philstar.com) – February 20, 2021 – 9:36am
MANILA, Philippines — The variety of Filipinos who’ve died of coronavirus abroad breached 1,000 on Friday after the Division of Overseas Affairs reported 11 extra fatalities amongst migrants.
The demise toll amongst Filipinos abroad is now at 1,009.
In the meantime, one other 28 migrants contracted the virus, bringing the DFA’s case tally to 14,787.
Of the full variety of instances recorded by the division, 4,484 are marked as energetic which implies these sufferers are nonetheless present process therapy.
The company additionally recorded 22 new recoveries, bringing the full variety of recovered Filipinos overseas to 9,294.
What’s new?
- The demise toll amongst migrants breached 1,000 on Friday, over a 12 months after the DFA first reported {that a} Filipino nationwide contracted COVID-19 abroad on Feb. 5, 2020.
- Friday’s deaths are the best recorded by the company since Feb. 10, 2021, when it logged 23 new deaths.
- The variety of international locations or territories the place Filipinos have contracted coronavirus rose to 87 after the DFA added one entry on Thursday with out figuring out the world additional.
— Bella Perez-Rubio
