| Overseas Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Worldwide (excluding the Philippines) |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | February 5, 2020 (4 years, 11 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) aboard Diamond Princess (off the coast of Yokohama, Japan) |
| Confirmed cases | 19,765[1] |
| Active cases | 6,534[1] |
| Recovered | 12,037[1] |
Deaths | 1,194[1] |
Territories | 94 countries[1] |
| Government website | |
| dfa | |
Overseas Filipinos, including Filipino migrant workers outside the Philippines, have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 1, 2021, there have been 19,765 confirmed COVID-19 cases of Filipino citizens residing outside the Philippines with 12,037 recoveries and 1,194 deaths.[1] The official count from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the cases of overseas Filipinos is not included in the national tally of the Philippine government.[2] Repatriates on the other hand are included in the national tally of the Department of Health (DOH) but are listed separately from regional counts.[3]
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- ^ "COVID-19 Tracker". ncovtracker.doh.gov.ph. Department of Health. June 1, 2021. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.