PNP virus death toll rises to 53

MANILA, Philippines — Another police officer succumbed to COVID-19 over the weekend, bringing to 53 the number of deaths among Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel.

The PNP’s Administrative Support for COVID-19 Task Force said the 54-year-old police officer died on Saturday. He was assigned at the Maritime Group.

The PNP recorded 141 new cases of COVID-19. Of the number, three had tested positive for the virus for the second time.

Most of the infections came from the police regional offices with 111, national operational support units with 18, PNP national headquarters with one and national administrative support units with 11.

The PNP said 43 police officers from Central Luzon contracted the virus; 19 from Metro Manila; 15 from Mimaropa; 13 from Calabarzon; four each from Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao; three each from Ilocos, Caraga and Cordillera, and one each from Bicol, Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao and Soccsksargen.

The PNP registered a total of 19,536 COVID-19 cases with 17,418 recoveries. There were 2,065 active cases.

A total of 10,844 police personnel have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines.