Overseas Filipinos record highest COVID-19 cases this year

Overseas Filipinos recorded 761 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, March 8, 2021, the highest for the year.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) also reported 2 new fatalities and 10 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad on that day.

The reported spike was attributed to an increase in cases in a country in the Middle East.

As of March 10, 2021, the total number of COVID-19 infections involving overseas Filipinos since February 2020 is 15,870.

Of the total, 5,281 are considered live cases, 9,548 have recovered, and 1,041 died due to infections.

The Middle East/Africa still had the highest number of COVID-19-positive Filipinos at 8,880, including 4,755 recoveries and 670 deaths.

Europe followed with 3,142 cases with 2,096 recoveries and 128 fatalities.

In the Asia Pacific Region, a total of 2,960 cases have been recorded, of which 21 have died and 2,116 have recovered.

In the Americas, 888 Filipinos have been infected with the viral disease, with 581 recoveries and 222 deaths.