MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday an additional 1,406 cases of COVID-19, pushing the total number of active cases of the disease in the country to 28,833 (6.2 percent of total cases).
This also brings the total tally of COVID-19 cases recorded in the Philippines so far to 469,005.
Newly recorded 266 recoveries bring the total number of COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the disease to 431,055 (91.9 percent of total cases).
Five deaths were also reported, pushing the death toll to 9,067 (1.93 percent of total cases).
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