Manila Bulletin
House COVID-19 cases continue to rise
The House of Representatives has logged its 44th COVID-19 case with a newly confirmed employee infection from the Plenary Support Service who was a close contact of another infected individual.
Contact tracing is currently underway for this new case.
The House has also recorded the death of Senior Citizens party-list Representative Francisco 'Jun' Datol Jr. due to COVID-19, who had been actively participating in mixed live and virtual sessions and hearings.
Representative Datol Jr. is the fifth House member to contract the virus, following Deputy Speaker Mujiv Hataman and Representatives Johnny Pimentel, Henry Villarica, and Samier Tan.
The number of COVID infections among House members and employees have practically doubled since July 27, with 22 new cases recorded in the last 21 days.
As of August 16, the Philippines has a total of 161,253 COVID-19 cases, including 2,665 deaths and 112,586 recoveries.
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