By Gerard Naval and Noel Talacay
A FOUR-month-old baby girl in Pasay City has tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), most likely infected by her 23-year-old mother who has also contracted the deadly virus, according to Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano.
Rubiano yesterday said the local government is extending financial assistance to save the baby, the youngest patient in the city, and her mother, who have been brought to the Mall of Asia quarantine facility.
Rubiano called on parents to be more vigilant and keep their children safe from the virus, whose spike has forced the city to lock down 34 of its barangays since last Friday.
Pasay City reported recorded 56 new cases yesterday, bringing the total to 7,650, with 7,059 recoveries, 196 deaths, and 395 active cases.
The Department of Health reported 1,414 new cases yesterday, raising the total number of infections in the country to 564,865, while 16 more patients died, bringing the death toll to 12,107.
There were 72 more recoveries, meaning the number of survivors has risen to 522,941 but there were still 29,817 active cases, of which 88.4 percent are mild cases, 5.7 percent asymptomatic cases, 2.6 percent critical cases, 2.5 percent severe cases, and 0.84 percent moderate cases.
Meanwhile, 59 more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for the deadly virus, bringing to 14,871 the total number infected, with one more death reported by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The DFA said the death toll is up to 1,015, 663 of them in the Middle East and African regions, 206 in the Americas, 125 in Europe and 21 in the Asia Pacific regions.
The number of survivors climbed to 9,366 after 57 new recoveries were recorded.
Seventy new cases were reported in Manila yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases in the city to 422.
Two Catholic bishops and a priest who have tested positive for the virus are on the way to recovery. In a bulletin, the Archdiocese of Cebu said Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma and Cebu Auxiliary Bishop-Emeritus Antonio Rañola are both recovering.
In a separate announcement, the Alliance Of Two Hearts Parish in Cebu City also reported that Fr. Russel Sungcad is improving. — With Ashzel Hachero
