DOH exec: Over 113,000 Filipinos of productive age got infected with COVID-19

Over 113,000 Filipinos aged 20 to 59 years — considered productive age by the government — have been infected with COVID-19, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Friday.

“Ito pong 20 to 59 years old, ito po ang productive age group, sila kasi iyong lumalabas ng bahay, nagtatrabaho, pagbalik nila sa pamilya, na-iinfect ang ibang maysakit at mga bata,” Vergeire said at a press conference.

Vergeire said the high incidence of COVID-19 cases among those of productive age is also caused by imported cases, or those overseas Filipino workers and locally stranded individuals who have been infected  with COVID-19.

The 113,914 COVID-19 cases among those aged 20 to 59 is broken down to:

• 37,188 among those aged 20 to 29
• 34,700 among those aged 30 to 39
• 23,939 among those aged 40 to 49 and

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• 18,087 among those aged 50 to 59.
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In addition, there are at least 3,500 individuals aged below 10 years old who have been infected with COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 cases on those aged 10 to 19, on the other hand, reached 6,249.

Among senior citizens, 10,687 COVID-19 cases were recorded among those aged 60 to 69, around 4,000 among those aged 70 to 79 and around 1,000 among those aged 80 and above. 

The Philippines has 147,526 COVID-19 cases as of August 13. Of this number, 70,387 recovered while 2,426 died. The active cases is at 74,713. — RSJ, GMA News