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Covid-19 survivors among overseas Filipinos now 9.5K: DFA
A total of 15,876 Filipinos abroad have tested positive for COVID-19, with 5,281 active cases.
This week, 28 new recoveries were recorded, bringing the total number of survivors to 9,554.
Eight new fatalities were reported, maintaining the overall death toll at 1,041.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) noted 797 new infections between March 7 and March 13, including a record-high 761 cases on March 8, many from an undisclosed Middle Eastern country.
Of the new fatalities, one was from the Americas and the rest were from the Middle East/Africa region.
The Middle East/Africa region continues to have the highest number of active cases with 3,454.
The breakdown of active cases per region includes 826 in the Asia-Pacific, 915 in Europe, and 86 in the Americas.
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