The number of health workers with COVID-19 nearly triples in a span of 9 days. COVID19PH
NEW CASES. Health workers at the COVID-19 express lane of the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center in Marikina City, on April 7, 2020. Photo by Darren Langit/Rappler
Of the total, 339 are doctors and 242 are nurses. At least 22 health workers have died of the coronavirus disease. When the government first announced the tally of health workers with COVID-19 on April 8, the total was at 252, including 152 doctors and 63 nurses.
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