Patuloy pa ring nadadagdagan ang mga Pinoy na nasa ibang bansa na nagpopositibo sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Kasabay nito ang pagdami rin ng nasasawi na ang malaking bilang ay galing sa Americas.
Sa Twitter post ng Department of Foreign Affairs, nakasaad na umabot na sa 569 ang bilang ng overseas Filipinos na nagpositibo sa virus. Pinakamarami pa rin ang nasa Asia Pacific Region (217), sunod ang Europe (192), Americas (99), at 61 sa Middle East/Africa.
"Reports on our OFs as of today show an increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases at 6% across the regions of Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East/Africa; with most of the new cases and deaths recorded in the Americas," saad sa post.
(1/4) Today, the ECQ for the entire Luzon has been extended until the end of the month as an effort of the gov't to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Other countries, especially those still trying to “flatten the curve”, are likewise anticipating lockdown extensions. pic.twitter.com/xC5jDFkxzI
— DFA Philippines (@DFAPHL) April 7, 2020
Umakyat sa 65 ang bilang ng mga nasawi, kung saan 35 ay nasa Americas, 26 ang nasa Europe, tatlo sa Middle East/Africa, at nananatiling isa sa Asia Pacific Region.
Nadagdagan din naman ang mga gumaling na umabot sa 158. Pinakamarami sa kanila ang nasa Asia Pacific Region (126), sunod sa Americas (20), Europe (10), at dalawa sa Middle East/Africa.
"However, numbers of recoveries significantly increased at 19%, the highest for the past two weeks. We owe the increasing number of recoveries to all the brave health workers across the globe who continue to risk their lives to ensure the health of our kababayan abroad," ayon sa post.--FRJ, GMA News
