Health workers with COVID-19 now at 11,730

The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported that 292 more health workers contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) over the past week, raising the total to 11,730 as of November 14.

In its daily COVID-19 report, the DOH said total recoveries among health workers rose to 11,383 after 325 more recovered from the respiratory disease, while the death toll climbed to 71 with two new fatalities.

The other 275 medical workers are active cases undergoing treatment or quarantine.

The five medical professions with the highest number of COVID-19 cases are nurses with 4,173 infections, doctors with 2,053, nursing assistants with 905, medical technologists with 572, and midwives with 346 cases.

Over 500 other non-medical personnel such as utility workers, security guards, and administrative staff were also included in the tally.

The Philippines has logged 407,838 COVID-19 cases as of Sunday afternoon.  — Julia Mari Ornedo/BM, GMA News