COVID-19 cases in the Philippines continue to rise with 208 new cases reported today

DOH released COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #64 at 16:00H (4:00PM PST) on May 17, 2020.

The Department of Health reports 208 new cases of COVID-19 and a total of 12,513 confirmed cases in the country. We have 7 new deaths reported today making the country’s death toll forward to 824.

The number of new recoveries reported today is 74 making our total number of recoveries peg at 2,635 for today.

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.