MANILA, Philippines — Another 181 people have died of COVID-19 complications, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday.
This brings the coronavirus death toll to 21,537, representing 1.72 percent of the 1.25 million total confirmed cases in the country.
Of the confirmed cases, over 60,000 are active cases, including 1.6 percent that are severe and 1.3 percent that are critical cases.
Case bulletins from the DOH showed a total of 974 deaths reported over the past seven days, or an average of 139 new deaths logged from May 29 to June 4.
Meanwhile, there are 843 deaths reported by the health agency from May 22 to 28, or an average of 120 deaths.
On Thursday,…
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