At least 30 individuals with COVID-19 at Hospicio de San Jose brought to isolation facility

At least 30 individuals found to have COVID-19 at the Hospicio de San Jose orphanage in Manila were transferred on Sunday to the newly opened isolation facility of the Philippine Red Cross at Adamson University.

Last Sunday, the orphanage appealed for cash donations as it reported 80 COVID-19 cases among children and its personnel.

Hospicio de San Jose president Sister Maria Socorro Pilar Evidente said COVID-19 infections in the orphanage grew "rapidly" in August.

"'Di ma-trace. It's quite rapid 'di tulad noong April to June dahan-dahan ang pagtaas ng bilang ng cases. Ito, in a matter of weeks, 80 na," she said.

(We can't trace it, but the rate of increase was quite rapid unlike in April to June when cases were slowly increasing.)

Of the 80, Evidente said, two are severe cases, which were already sent to the hospital, while the remaining 78 are already recovering.

As of Saturday, August 28, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the City of Manila reached 1,817, according to the city's Public Information Office.

The total tally of COVID-19 cases so far climbed to 75,370.

Of this number, 72,147 recovered while 1,406 died.

—KG, GMA News