FILE PHOTO: This undated transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. NIAID-RML/Handout via REUTERS.
OLONGAPO CITY—Two more personnel of the Philippine National Police in Central Luzon have been infected with COVID-19, raising to 42 its active cases as of Friday (July 9).
According to the data from the health service of the Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3), the total number of infections among its workforce has already reached 1,806 since the pandemic broke out last year.
But at least 1,759 of these COVID-19 cases were already cleared of the viral disease, the latest of which were the two recoveries logged on Friday.
Most of these cases, including non-uniformed personnel, had contracted the virus while on duty.
The COVID-19 death toll of PRO3 remained at five, data showed.
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