Two more positive of COVID-19, one recovers: DOH

March 17, 2020

Two more persons tested positive of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), raising the total to  142, the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday.

The DOH added a 46-year-old man from Pasay recovered from COVID-19. He was discharged on March 15.

"The recovered case is Patient 14, a 46-year-old male from Pasay City, who manifested with cough and fever on February 25, 2020. The patient is now asymptomatic and tested negative twice for COVID-19 prior to discharge on March 15," said the DOH.

He has no travel history and no known exposure to COVID-19 cases.

A 63-year-old man and a 50-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19 at the Medical City and the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit - National Capital Region.

The number of deaths remained at 12, said DOH. Prior to Patient 14, also having recovered are Patient 1, a 38-year-old Chinese woman, and Patient 3,  a 60-year-old Chinese woman. DMS