(Eagle News) — Two-hundred more police officers have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among police personnel to 23571.
Of these, the PNP said 1740 were active.
Over 100–or 184–more recoveries were reported, pushing the total recoveries to 21766.
An additional PNP COVID-19 death pushed the death toll to 65.
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 ongoing COVID-19 vaccination program.
The PNP has said it has at least three COVID-19 quarantine facilities for PNP COVID-19-hit personnel.
