BY AARON RECUENCO
Fourteen policemen have already died from COVID-19, with the latest fatality in the Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded on Aug. 12.
Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said 3,098 policemen have tested positive for COVID-19.
Banac said their latest COVID fatality is a 45-year-old member of the Aviation Security Group.
He said necessary assistance has been extended to the family of the fatality.
Quoting a report from the PNP Health Service, Banac said 2,258 policemen have recovered from the virus.
The PNP has recorded 63 new infections, mostly coming from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) which registered 36. (Aaron Recuenco)
