THREE more patients with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) had died, bringing the country’s death toll from the pandemic to 38 as of Wednesday, March 25, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
The agency also said 84 additional cases have been confirmed while six patients have recovered. The total Covid-19 count in the country is now 636, with 26 recoveries, as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The DOH reported that those who succumbed to the disease were Patient (PH) 319, PH326 and PH29.
PH319 and PH326 were Filipino male while PH29 was an 82-year-old Filipino female.
Both men had no travel history nor exposure to a Covid-19 patient. The woman, on the other hand, had traveled to the United States and had been exposed to a confirmed case.
PH326 died on March 16 yet while PH319 and PH29 expired on March 22 and 23, respectively.
PH319 died at 10:09 p.m. of March 22 from community acquired pneumonia secondary to Covid-19. He had pre-existing hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He was 56 and was a resident of Quezon City.
PH326 from Caloocan City died at 2:40 a.m. of March 16 from acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to pneumonia and Covid-19. He was 57 years old. He also had hypertension and diabetes as well as dyslipidemia.
PH29 was an 82-year-old Filipino woman from Marikina City. She died of septic and cardiogenic shock at 2:13 p.m. of March 23. Other causes of death were acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to Covid-19, pneumonia, acute renal failure secondary to sepsis.
She was hypertensive and diabetic. She also had valvular heart disease.
PH95, PH10, PH18, PH82, PH31 and PH23 have recovered.
PH95 is a hypertensive Filipino female, 64 years old, from Batangas. She had traveled to Italy. Her symptoms started on March 6 and test results confirmed the disease on March 14. She was discharged on March 24, after two negative test results.
PH10 is a 57-year-old Filipino male with asthma and diabetes. He had travel history from Taiwan. He developed symptoms on February 20, tested positive on March 8. He was discharged on March 23. He is a resident of Quezon City.
PH18 is a Filipino male, 41 years old, from Pasig City. He had also traveled to Taiwan and developed symptoms on February 26. He was confirmed positive on March 9. His tests yielded two negative results, prompting his discharge on March 24.
PH82 is also a Filipino male from Quezon City, but with no travel history nor exposure to a confirmed case. He is 66 years old. He manifested symptoms of the disease on March 5, was confirmed positive on March 14 and discharged on March 24, with one negative result.
PH31 is a Filipino female, 28, from San Juan City. She had been exposed to a Covid-19 case and developed symptoms on March 1. She was confirmed positive on March 10 and discharged on March 22 with one negative result.
PH23 is a 30-year-old Filipino female from San Juan City, with no travel history nor exposure to a confirmed case. Her symptoms began on March 3 and she was confirmed positive on March 7. She was discharged on March 24, after two negative test results.
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the new coronavirus has infected 372,757 persons and killed 16,231 individuals as of March 24, 2020. (MVI/SunStar Philippines)