While new cases are lower today, Deaths from COVID-19 is still something to deal with

DOH released COVID-19 CASE BULLETIN #55 at 16:00H (4:00PM PST) on May 08, 2020.

As of 4:00PM today, the Department of Health announced 120 new COVID-19 cases in the country with 70% of it coming from NCR. The current total confirmed cases has climbed to 10,463.

The DOH also reports 116 new recoveries that totals to 1,734 confirmed recoveries in the Philippines.

Regarding deaths, the country still deals with it everyday with today’s count have reached to 696 after 11 new deaths were reported 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.