House active cases drop to 8, logs 44th case

The number of active COVID-19 cases at the House of Representatives dropped to eight on Monday after 34 recoveries.

Two new cases were reported: an employee from the Journal Service who last went to the office on August 6, and a congressional staff member who was last seen in the House on August 11.

The second new case is not a close contact of any confirmed case at the House.

On Sunday, the House recorded its 44th case, an employee from the Plenary Support Service who worked from August 3 to 5 and was a close contact of another confirmed case.

Senior Citizens party-list Representative Francisco 'Jun' Datol Jr. died due to acute respiratory distress caused by COVID-19; he is the fifth House member to contract the disease.