(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Philippine National Police said the 106 additional cases pushed the total to 30434.
Of these, 1,144 were active.
Forty-nine more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 29206.
The PNP COVID-19 death toll is now at 84, with the additional two more deaths.
COVID-19 vaccination of PNP personnel is ongoing.
President Rodrigo Duterte has said the police and the military should be among the priorities in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, noting they are also frontliners.
PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose in June.
