(Eagle News) — Eighty-six more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 cases to 28943.
Of these, the PNP said 1475 were active.
Recoveries rose to 27391 including the 28 additional ones.
The COVID-19 death toll among police personnel is still at 77, with no additional fatalities reported.
The COVID-19 vaccination of members of the police force is still ongoing.
President Rodrigo Duterte has said the police and the military should be among the priorities in the Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination program.
The police are among the Philippines’ frontliners, as they continue to implement the laws and enforce quarantine rules amid the pandemic.
