16 more Filipinos abroad sick with COVID-19; total now at 11,692

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MANILA - The number of Filipinos abroad who have contracted COVID-19 rose to 11,692 on Monday as 16 new cases were recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

The number of those currently being treated abroad for the disease is 3,348, as 7,497 of those infected have recovered, while 847 have died.On this last day of November, the DFA reports no new recoveries from COVID-19 among our nationals abroad. Meanwhile, 16 new confirmed cases and 2 new fatalities were recorded in Europe and in the Middle East and Africa. @teddyboylocsin pic.twitter.

In the Philippines, the COVID-19 has so far sickened 431,630 people. The tally includes 8,392 deaths, 398,658 recoveries, and 24,580 active cases. The new coronavirus is believed to have first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. Based on the latest tally of the US-based Johns Hopkins University, more than 62.7 million people across the world have been infected by the COVID-19 virus, with 1.46 million deaths.

Treatment and vaccine for the disease are still being developed, but recent trials of pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have shown encouraging results.

 

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