Overseas Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Worldwide (excluding the Philippines) |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Index case | February 5, 2020 (4 years, 6 months and 2 weeks) aboard Diamond Princess (off the coast of Yokohama, Japan) |
Confirmed cases | 19,765[1] |
Active cases | 6,534[1] |
Recovered | 12,037[1] |
Deaths | 1,194[1] |
Territories | 94 countries[1] |
Government website | |
dfa |
Overseas Filipinos, including Filipino migrant workers outside the Philippines, have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 1, 2021, there have been 19,765 confirmed COVID-19 cases of Filipino citizens residing outside the Philippines with 12,037 recoveries and 1,194 deaths.[1] The official count from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the cases of overseas Filipinos is not included in the national tally of the Philippine government.[2] Repatriates on the other hand are included in the national tally of the Department of Health (DOH) but are listed separately from regional counts.[3]
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