Another Pinoy abroad dies of COVID-19
MANILA, Philippines — Another Filipino succumbed to COVID-19 abroad, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported yesterday.
The DFA also reported six new COVID-19 cases and two recoveries from Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
As of yesterday, there were 11,528 Filipino overseas infected with the viral disease. Of the number, 7,463 have recovered and 3,234 were undergoing treatment.
A total of 831 Filipinos abroad died of the disease, the DFA said.
The DFA repatriated last week 8,831 Filipinos amid the pandemic.
Of the number, 7,715 are from the Middle East, 611 from Asia Pacific, 503 from Europe and two from the Americas.
The latest figures brought the total number of repatriates to 254,785 since the DFA started the government’s repatriation efforts in February.
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