Navy captain suspected to have died of COVID-19

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed on Sunday the death of a senior military officer believed to be due from the coronavirus.

AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said on Sunday that “a senior officer of the AFP was reported to have succumbed to death at the V. Luna Medical Hospital on Aug. 6. We have yet to receive official medical reports that would reveal the cause of death, other than the erstwhile symptoms suggest COVID-19.”

Navy chief Vice Adm. Giovanni Carlo Bacordo confirmed that the military officer was a Navy captain. As of Aug. 8, the AFP had 473 active cases while 10 have died.

—Jeannette I. Andrade

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