PNP reports 138 more COVID-19 recoveries
THE Philippine National Police Health Service on Saturday reported 138 more recoveries , reducing the number of active cases down to only 941 even as 58 new confirmed cases were reported on the same day.
PNP chief General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar noted the continuing trend of decline in active COVID-19 cases in the police force since mid-September when active cases peaked at 3,219 in September 17, and dipped steadily through the opening days of October.
The top cop attributed the marked improvement in the PNP COVID-19 situation to responsive healthcare and prevention including the full vaccination of 85.6 percent of the entire 222,000-strong force.
Citing data from the PNP-HS headed by Brigadier Gen. Antonino R. Cirujales, Gen. Eleazar said that among the 941 ‘active cases,’ 176 or 18.7 percent are in Metro Manila while 765 or 81.3 percent are in regions outside Metro Manila.
The same data showed 679 ‘active cases’ are in non-PNP isolation facilities, 239 are in PNP-operated facilities while 23 more active cases are in non-PNP hospitals.
Gen. Eleazar said that when it comes to the PNP-wide vaccination roll-out, a total of 374,002 doses have been administered to 218,895 PNP personnel, with 191,019 or 85.63 percent now fully-vaccinated with 27,875 or 12.50 percent awaiting their 2nd dose.
Among the Police Regional Offices, the National Capital Region Police Office posted the highest full-vaccination rate at 95.08 percent and lowest in the Davao region at 78.48 percent.
The PNP-HS also accounted for 4,172 or 1.87 percent unvaccinated PNP personnel because of medical and other reasons.
Gen. Eleazar maintained that the national vaccination program is the game changer in the whole-of-nation response to the COVID-19 health crisis.
