(Eagle News) — Nine more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 13,633.
Three more have recovered, bringing the total COVID-19 recoveries to 8748.
No additional fatality was reported, which means the COVID-19 death toll among Filipinos in other countries remains at 944.
The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among overseas Filipino nationals, with 7845, 4752, and 605, respectively.
The Americas have the least COVID-19 cases and recoveries, with 814 and 533, respectively.
The Asia Pacific, meanwhile, has the least COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad, with 21.
“The DFA shall continue to keep track of the status of overseas Filipinos, and facilitate repatriations, whenever possible,” the department said.