PH posts 5,683 new COVID-19 cases
THE Philippines on Tuesday recorded 5,683 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, as some cities in the capital region began rolling out the trial batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines.
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The additional number of infections raised the country’s total to 1,067,892, of which 66,060 are considered active cases, the Department of Health’s (DOH) latest bulletin showed.
The day’s tally of new cases is the lowest in more than a month, or since March 18, when 5,290 additional infections were announced.
According to the DOH, the relatively low number of new cases was due to the failure of 21 laboratories to submit data on time on Sunday.
There were 97 more people who died due to the disease, bringing the country’s death toll to 17,622.
Recoveries, meanwhile, increased by 9,028 to 984,210, accounting for 92.2 percent of the country’s total recorded cases.
Experts and health officials earlier said the rate of new infections in the country appear to be declining, but warned that this should not be a reason for the public to be complacent.
