New COVID-19 cases in PNP down by half

The Philippine National Police added two more employees to its tally of COVID-19 deaths but cut down to nearly half, from 200, the daily average of new infections. As of Saturday night, the PNP recorded 51 deaths and 125 new cases with 169 recoveries. The total confirmed cases in the PNP have reached 18,531 of which 2,276 were active cases. Gen. Debold Sinas, chief of the PNP, said the latest fatalities include a 49-year-old assigned in General Santos City and a 40-year-old in Mountain Province. —

Jeannette I. Andrade