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| LOCKDOWN. A crowd of commuters wait along Ayala Avenue in Makati City on March 16, 2020 as the entire island of Luzon is put under lockdown due to COVID-19. |
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – A total of 202 patients have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, as of 12 pm on Wednesday, March 18.
The Department of Health (DOH) released its latest bulletin at past 4:30 pm on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, during the government’s “Laging Handa” press briefing aired on state-run PTV-4, the DOH announced that as of 11 am, there was a total of only 193 patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.
The latest figure, 202, means the number of additional patients who tested positive for COVID-19 jumped by 15 in a day. The DOH reported on Tuesday, March 17, that 187 people had caught the virus.
The DOH also reported that 3 patients with COVID-19 died, bringing the Philippines' total fatalities to 17.
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – A total of 202 patients have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, as of 12 pm on Wednesday, March 18.
The Department of Health (DOH) released its latest bulletin at past 4:30 pm on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, during the government’s “Laging Handa” press briefing aired on state-run PTV-4, the DOH announced that as of 11 am, there was a total of only 193 patients who had tested positive for COVID-19.
The latest figure, 202, means the number of additional patients who tested positive for COVID-19 jumped by 15 in a day. The DOH reported on Tuesday, March 17, that 187 people had caught the virus.
The DOH also reported that 3 patients with COVID-19 died, bringing the Philippines' total fatalities to 17.
Patient 26: 34-year-old Filipino male from Camarines. He is one of the two repatriates from M/V Diamond Princess who tested positive. He had been confined at the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital.
Patient 13: 34-year-old Filipino male from Quezon City who had traveled from Australia. He had been confined at the Makati Medical Center.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared a state of calamity in the Philippines as cases of COVID-19 continue to spike.
Source: www.rappler.com
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