The Philippine National Police said 33 more police officers contracted the virus, bringing to 2,347 the total number of cases in the PNP.
In Zamboanga City, seven Marine troopers tested positive for COVID, prompting officials of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) to lock down its station.
The new cases brought to 21 the number of troopers under the Combat Service Support Brigade who contracted COVID, according to Lt. Keith Katherine Cuario, spokesperson for the NWFM.
In Negros Occidental, four more doctors and two nurses were added to the list of healthworkers who got infected with the virus.
In a report released on Wednesday night, the PNP said 16 of the infected officers are assigned in Metro Manila, including one at Camp Crame.
Four are in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and two each in Ilocos region, Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) and Western Visayas.
This story is from the August 07, 2020 edition of The Philippine Star.
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