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PH logs 291 new COVID-19 infections, active cases down to 9,000

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The Philippines on Saturday recorded 291 new COVID-19 cases to bring the country’s caseload to 2,837,555, the Department of Health reported. | JEMendozaINQ

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Saturday recorded 291 new COVID-19 cases to bring the country’s caseload to 2,837,555, the Department of Health reported. The DOH said that of the 291 new reported cases, 260 or 89 percent were recorded in the recent 14 days .Of the total caseload, only 9,924 or 0.3 percent of infections are still tagged as active cases. Of these, 43.9 percent have mild or no symptoms.

Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries is now at 2,776,956, or 97.9 percent of all cases after 523 new COVID-19 recoveries were reported.

 

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