PH coronavirus watch: Suspected cases per region, as of February 22, 2020

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) continues to place patients under investigation for possible cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

As of Saturday, February 22, DOH said it has probed 606 patients. There is still no recorded case of local transmission in the country.

Out of this number:

• 130 – admitted to hospitals
• 473– discharged from hospitals
• 3 – confirmed cases

Of the 3 confirmed cases in the Philippines, one died due to severe pneumonia because of COVID-19, the name of the disease caused by the new virus, while the other two have since recovered and are already out of the hospital.

Below is the latest breakdown of patients under investigation per region. All numbers are from the DOH’s nCoV tracker.

There are at least 53 Filipinos confirmed to have the virus, but all are based outside the Philippines, including one in the United Arab Emirates, one in Hong Kong, and 51 who were aboard a cruise ship quarantined in Japan.  

The World Health Organization has already declared the outbreak an international emergency, warning that the novel coronavirus poses a “very grave threat.”

So far, the virus has killed more than 2,345 and infected over 76,600 people in China. Cases have been recorded in more than two dozen countries. – Rappler.com