MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported Friday the COVID-19 infection of 142 more Filipinos living overseas.
The new infections pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 20,422, of which 7,109 remain under treatment.
“The spike in the number of cases is due to an increase in reported cases in Asia and the Pacific,” said the DFA.
It also reported the recovery of a patient and that the total number of recovered Filipino COVID-19 patients abroad now stands at 12,093.
Further, the DFA said an infected Filipino has died and increased the tally of fatalities to 1,220.
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