COVID-19 cases in PNP surpass 700

MANILA, Philippines — The number of coronavirus disease cases in the Philippine National Police reached 709 as 38 more police officers were infected by the respiratory disease.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, PNP said it documented four new recovered policemen in the organization. This brings the total number of recoveries in PNP to 346.

Meanwhile, death among police personnel remained at nine.

The nation’s police force also documented 1,087 suspects and 697 probable cases.

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