The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday logged 24 more Filipinos infected with COVID-19 outside the country, raising the total recorded cases among them to 18,569.
According to the agency's latest bulletin, 6,042 Filipinos abroad are still battling the respiratory disease. Except for Tuesday, May 9, May 7, and May 1, the DFA has been reporting no new fatalities due to COVID-19 so far this month, data collated by ABS-CBN News showed.
Today, the DFA reports 24 new COVID-19 cases, 17 new recoveries, and 1 new fatality among overseas Filipinos.@teddyboylocsin #DFAForgingAhead#WeHealAsOne pic.twitter.com/2BhB65O3ttThere were 17 more Filipinos who recovered from the virus overseas, raising the total number of recoveries to 11,366. In the Philippines, over 1.113 million people have been infected by the disease, of which 56,752 are considered active.
The country's first 2 cases of the B.1.617 variant are from male overseas Filipino workers who had no travel history to India. Philippine authorities earlier imposed a travel ban to those coming from India until May 14, in a bid to prevent the variant's entry.
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