{"id":249509,"date":"2020-03-22T03:28:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T07:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=249509"},"modified":"2020-03-22T03:28:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T07:28:31","slug":"covid-19-cases-climb-to-380-recoveries-at-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/22\/covid-19-cases-climb-to-380-recoveries-at-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 cases climb to 380; recoveries at 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247937\" style=\"width: 2400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247937\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"3106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-c4IBsSCuwIU-unsplash-791x1024.jpg 791w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the number of positive cases continue to rise, Vergeire said the DOH is working on having designated hospitals for Covid-19 patients. (File Photo by CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported 73 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 380.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Meron po tayong natatala ngayon na<\/em>\u00a0(We have recorded) 15 people who have recovered from the disease and 25 deaths in total,&#8221; DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said during a Laging Handa public briefing.<\/p>\n<p>As the number of positive cases continue to rise, Vergeire said the DOH is working on having designated hospitals for Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since last week, we have announced three new referral hospitals will be established here in Metro Manila, the UP-PGH, Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan, and Lung Center of the Philippines,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>May final arrangements na ginagawa ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(There are ongoing final arrangements) and hopefully towards the end of the week we can announce when we can accommodate patients in these referral hospitals,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Vergeire said the establishment of the referral hospitals will prevent having &#8220;mix of patients and cut further infection or transmission of this disease&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Secondly, this will simplify the work of our health care workers, that they are not running through a mix of patients \u2014 Covid and non-Covid patients, and, thirdly, to decongest hospitals filled with patients because of these cases,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2014 The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday reported 73 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":247937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ma-teresa-montemayor","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249510,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249509\/revisions\/249510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}