(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel.
According to Philippine National Police data, the additional 184 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 27456.
Of these, 1765 were active.
One hundred more recoveries, meanwhile, were reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 recoveries to 25618.
One additional death was reported; the PNP COVID-19 death toll is now at 73.
The police are among the Philippines’ frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Rodrigo Duterte has said the police and the military should be among the priorities in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar recently received his first COVID-19 dose during the ceremonial inoculation of police personnel in Camp Crame.
