The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 1,000th mark on Saturday after the DOH reported that 272 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. | jovicyeeINQ
Vergeire said that, initially, the subnational laboratories can process 80 to 160 tests a day while the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City can process up to 1,000 tests a day.
“Nothing could be further from the truth,” Vergeire said. “I, too, am a doctor. We in the DOH know how important and how risky it is to be a health care worker during these times.” “[Congress] already gave us a supplemental budget. We are just looking at how we can apportion it,” she said, adding that 593 health workers have already signed up even before the DOH announced the planned increase in compensation.“We thank you for your bravery and compassion for your fellow Filipino,” Vergeire told the volunteers.
Globally, 598,070 have been infected by the coronavirus. The United States had the most number of cases among 177 nations with 104,839 cases, followed by Italy with 86,498, China 81,946, Spain 65,719 and Germany 50,871.It was also the deadliest day in the Philippines thus far, with Vergeire reporting 14 more deaths, bringing the current death toll to 68.
Ten of those who died did not know they contracted the virus prior to their deaths. The family of Patient 729 waited the longest as his test results came back positive only on Wednesday, or six days after he passed on.Two of the patients got their results on the same day they died while two others knew they were positive days before their death. All except one did not go to any of the virus-infected countries nor came in close contact with a known positive case.
All four patients, age 55, 46, 30 and 72, did not go abroad or had been in contact with a known case.Three were discharged after testing negative twice, while the elderly patient was sent home with one negative test.
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