MANILA - The number of Filipinos abroad who have contracted COVID-19 rose to 11,676 on Sunday as 11 new cases were recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.The number of those currently being treated abroad are at 3,334, as 7,497 of those infected have recovered, while 845 have died.Today, the DFA received reports on 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, 9 new fatalities, and no new recoveries among Filipinos in the Americas and Asia and the Pacific. @teddyboylocsin pic.twitter.
In the Philippines, COVID-19 has so far sickened 429,864 people. The tally includes 8,373 deaths, 398,624 recoveries, and 22,867 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 62.2 million people across the world have been infected by the COVID-19 virus, with 1.45 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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