{"id":248097,"date":"2020-03-12T21:59:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248097"},"modified":"2020-03-12T21:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T01:59:41","slug":"3-more-covid-19-deaths-in-ph-doh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/12\/3-more-covid-19-deaths-in-ph-doh\/","title":{"rendered":"3 more Covid-19 deaths in PH: DOH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an announcement, DOH identified the three as Patients No. 5, No. 6, and No. 37. (File Photo by CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Three more Filipinos with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have died, bringing the death toll in the Philippines to five, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Thursday night.<\/p>\n

In an announcement, DOH identified the three as Patients No. 5, No. 6, and No. 37.<\/p>\n

Patient No. 6, the wife of Patient No. 5, was initially admitted at Cardinal Santos Medical Center and transferred to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine.<\/p>\n

The DOH said she “suddenly experienced difficulty in breathing and was intubated late evening of March 11”.<\/p>\n

On the same night, the patient died from acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe pneumonia secondary to Covid-19.<\/p>\n

DOH said a repeat chest x-ray showed progressive pneumonia. Patient No. 6 is a known diabetic.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Patient No. 5, her husband, expired late evening of March 11 also from acute respiratory distress syndrome due to severe pneumonia secondary to the disease. He is a known diabetic and hypertensive who developed an acute kidney injury.<\/p>\n

The third and latest death caused by the disease was Patient No. 37, an 88-year-old female and resident of Pasig City.<\/p>\n

She was admitted on March 6 at the Philippine Heart Center after experiencing onset of symptoms on February 28.<\/p>\n

“The patient expired this afternoon with Acute Respiratory Failure as the cause of death,” the DOH said. She was reported to have existing hypertension.<\/p>\n

This developed following the death of Patient No. 35, the 67-year-old wife of Patient No. 34. The country’s first fatality was a Chinese national who was also the first recorded Covid-19 death outside China.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, the DOH reported a total of 52 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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