(Eagle News) — Over 200 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel.
According to the Philippine National Police, the additional 271 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among members of the police force to 36572.
Of these, 2579 are active.
Over 100, or 191, more recoveries also pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total, now at 33885.
President Rodrigo Duterte has said uniformed personnel should be among the priorities in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose in June.
Eleazar said so far, over 40 percent of the police force received their full vaccine doses.