Manila COVID-19 field hospital starts accepting patients

The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital on Friday started to accept patients at the Rizal Park a day after its inauguration.

In one photo shared by the Manila Public Information Office, as seen in a tweet by Super Radyo DZBB's Luisito Santos, a patient is being escorted from an ambulance, and being brought into the facility.

According to another tweet, the Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital was inaugurated on Thursday, June 24.

Meanwhile, the Manila PIO said the facility has a 344-bed capacity, in a bid to decongest the local government's six district hospitals, as well as to allow the city to cater to more COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients.

On Friday, the city of Manila recorded 47 new active cases, pushing the total to 999.

It also recorded 79 new recoveries and two new fatalities, with a total of 65,515 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

—LBG, GMA News