{"id":266900,"date":"2020-08-28T22:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T02:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266900"},"modified":"2020-08-28T22:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T02:27:33","slug":"filipino-covid-case-count-abroad-up-by-21-total-at-10062","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/28\/filipino-covid-case-count-abroad-up-by-21-total-at-10062\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino Covid case count abroad up by 21; total at 10,062"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_247955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247955\" style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-L0jLHqF7Q94-unsplash-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-247955 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-L0jLHqF7Q94-unsplash-1-759x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-L0jLHqF7Q94-unsplash-1-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-L0jLHqF7Q94-unsplash-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/cdc-L0jLHqF7Q94-unsplash-1-768x1036.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-247955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It also recorded 15 new recoveries and 13 new fatalities, jacking up the number to 6,095 and 755, respectively. (File Photo by CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday reported 21 more coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases among Filipinos abroad, raising the total to 10,062.<\/p>\n<p>It also recorded 15 new recoveries and 13 new fatalities, jacking up the number to 6,095 and 755, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>There are 3,212 active cases among Filipino nationals overseas, at least 354 are undergoing treatment in the Asia Pacific, 364 in Europe, 2,331 in the Middle East\/Africa, and 163 in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest data from the agency, the recoveries are mostly concentrated in the Middle East\/Africa region with 4,159, followed by the Asia Pacific with 777, Europe with 705, and the Americas with 454.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the fatalities were also logged in the Middle East\/Africa region with 474 followed by the Americas with 178, Europe with 95, and the Asia Pacific with eight.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the repatriation efforts for distressed nationals are ongoing, with a total of 151,401 Filipinos repatriated since the Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>In a CNN Philippines interview, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said an estimated 177,000 Filipinos are expected to return home amid the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday reported 21 more coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases among Filipinos abroad, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":247955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266900","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=266900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266901,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266900\/revisions\/266901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}