(Eagle News)–Seventeen more overseas Filipinos have recovered from COVID-19.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said with the additional recoveries, the total rose to 7279.
Five new COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the total to 11244.
There was no death reported, which means the death toll remains at 817.
So far, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, deaths and recoveries, with 7380, 532, and 4542, respectively.
The Americas region has the least cases but also the least recoveries, with 816 and 481, respectively.
The Asia Pacific region has the least COVID-19 deaths, at nine.
“Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of recoveries saw a slight increase 64.74 percent, those under treatment remaining at 28 percent, while the total percentage of COVID-19 cases slightly decreased to 7.27 percent,” the DFA said.
The DFA has so far repatriated over 200,000 overseas Filipinos amid the pandemic.