MANILA— The Department of Health on Saturday reported additional patients who were carriers of COVID-19 variants in the country, including 8 who have died and 26 still considered active cases, as the country's virus variant detection capacity remains limited. The DOH said the additional case with the Indian variant , who has since recovered, was a returning overseas Filipino from the United Arab Emirates who has an address in the Cordillera Administrative Region .
The Indian variant is known to be aggressive and has ravaged India, where over 27 million have contracted the disease. The DOH said of the 104 new cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, 1 is a returning overseas Filipino, 89 are local cases, while 14 are still under verification. The country has 1,071 cases of the UK variant. Out of the 137 freshly-confirmed B.1.351 cases, 1 was a returning overseas Filipino, 127 are local cases, while 9 are currently being verified.
Nine cases are still battling the disease while 5 have died. A total 123 patients who were carriers of the variant recently recovered. There are three fresh cases of the P.3 variant, and they have all recovered from the disease, according to the health department.