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| RITM in Alabang, where the Filipino couple died of Covid-19 a day apart |
Three new deaths from the coronavirus disease or Covid-19,
were reported in the Philippines
The Department of Health said the fatalities include a
62-year-old Filipino man and his 59-year-old Filipina wife, the first known
local transmission cases in the country. They both died at the Research
Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa
City
The third is an 88-year-old Filipina who died shortly after
being admitted to the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City
The couple, known as the fifth and sixth cases, died less
than a week after being diagnosed with the disease.
The fatalities are among the Philippines
The other day, a 67-year-old woman died at Manila Doctors
Hospital
A 44-year-old man from Wuhan
who died on Feb 1 at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila
was recorded as the Philippines
The couple who died on the same day were residents of Cainta, Rizal, who frequented a Muslim prayer
hall in Greenhills, San Juan
City
The fatalities had no recent travel history, leading to the
conclusion that they had been infected locally.
According to the DOH, the woman suddenly experienced
breathing difficulty and was intubated late on Mar 11. She died shortly
afterwards from acute respiratory distress due to severe pneumonia.
Her husband, who was hypertensive and a diabetic, expired
the next day also from severe pneumonia secondary to Covid-19.
The third fatality also had no travel history outside the Philippines
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| The first Filipino fatality succumbed to the virus hours after being admitted to Manila Doctors |
The woman who died a day earlier reportedly had high fever
on Feb. 29 but refused to go to a hospital for treatment. She was diagnosed
with Covid-19 only on Mar 11, and died within hours.
Her husband, a well-known economist, is also in hospital
because of the virus. He acted as a resource person in a Senate hearing on Mar
5, prompting some senators and other people present at the session to undergo
self-quarantine.
The couple also had no recent travel history abroad. They
reportedly caught the virus when they attended a wake at a church in Forbes Park ,
Makati City
Two other people at the wake who had just flown in from
abroad, also tested positive for the disease.
The 16 new cases reported on Mar 11 was the highest
single-day tally in the Philippines
Among the new cases involved a private doctor residing in
DOH records show 794 patients have been examined for
possible infection since the outbreak started in late January this year. Of
this number, 68 remain in various hospitals, where at least three are said to
be in serious condition. The rest have been discharged.
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