As of 12 pm on February 17, 2020, Health Assistant Secretary Maria Rosario Vergeire says there a total of 521 PUIs for the novel coronavirus in the Philippines, but only 171 remain admitted while the 350 others have already been discharged. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/252011-doh-report-patients-probed-novel-coronavirus-philippines-february-17-2020