Over 500 health care workers recover from COVID-19 – DOH
Published May 9, 2020 6:43pm
The number of health care workers in the country who have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rose to 508 on Friday, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
In a report released Saturday, the DOH also announced that a total of 1,968 medical frontliners had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Among the 1,426 active cases, 991 or 69.5 percent were mild cases, 428 or 30 percent were asymptomatic, while seven or 0.5 percent were severe cases.
Meanwhile, 740 nurses were among the cases, 621 were physicians, 126 were nursing assistants, 72 were medical technologists, 39 were radiological technologists, while 147 were non-medical staff.
The death toll was recorded at 34.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire previously said that the DOH had observed a decrease in the number of confirmed cases among health workers.
At present, there were a total of 10,610 confirmed COVID-19 cases across the country, with 1,842 recoveries and 704 fatalities. — DVM, GMA News
