As mass testing continues, COVID-19 cases in the Philippines is now at 11,086

DOH released COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #57 at 16:00H (4:00PM PST) on May 11, 2020.

As of today, the Philippines now has a total of 11,086 cases of COVID-19 with 292 new cases added today. The surge of positive cases is due to the rapid testing being done across the country. With more number of cases on the rise so does the number of deaths as 7 of new death were reported. As of today, the country had already lost 726 individuals due to the disease.

While it’s disappointing to see the above numbers, the Philippines still is having more and more recoveries were in fact today, the DOH reported 75 new recoveries which totals to 1,999 recoveries so far.

COVID-19 was declared by World Health Organization (WHO) as a Pandemic on March 03, 2020 which started in Wuhan, China. The disease is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) with a Flu like symptoms such as Fever, Cough, Colds and in more severe cases Difficulty in Breathing.

There are no vaccines or direct cure for the disease at the moment and the only way to protect ourselves from getting infected is to practise proper and frequent handwashing, avoid touching our face, mouth, nose and eyes. Our health experts as well as the government urged everyone to wear a suitable and effective face mask as much as possible and when outside of our homes.