(Eagle News) — Thirty-four more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19.
The Philippine National Police said the additional recoveries pushed the PNP COVID-19 recovery total to 9576.
Thirty-three additional cases, however, also pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 10,219.
Of these, 614 were active.
The PNP has reported an additional death due to COVID-19, bringing the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 29.
Uniformed personnel, including the police, are among the priorities in a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program that is expected to start this year.
The government has said it was targeting COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity.
The Food and Drug Administration has so far issued emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.