(Eagle News)–Forty more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 case tally among Filipinos abroad to 13,897.
Nineteen more have recovered, bringing the COVID-19 recovery total to 8,864.
No additional fatalities were reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among overseas Filipinos remains at 945.
Based on DFA data, the Middle East and Africa were the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among Filipinos outside the Philippines, with 7,881, 4754 and 606, respectively.
The Americas have the least COVID-19 cases and recoveries, with 814 and 536, respectively.
The Asia Pacific region has the least COVID-19 deaths, with 21.
“The DFA, together with its Foreign Service Posts, remains fully committed to monitoring and assisting our nationals abroad amid the pandemic,” the department said.