DOH released COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #60 at 16:00H (4:00PM PST) on May 13, 2020.
As of 4:00PM today, the Department of Health reports 268 new cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines with a total of 11,618 confirmed cases. The death toll in the country is now at 772 with 21 new deaths reported today.
The number of recoveries have risen to 2,251 after 145 new recoveries were reported by DOH 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.
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