MANILA, Philippines — The new coronavirus disease sickened 2,109 more people in the Philippines, increasing the total virus infections to 523,516, The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday.
The DOH said that are 36,943 active cases of the severe respiratory disease, which is 7.1 percent of the total Covid-19 cases.
Meanwhile, 146 more people recovered from the disease while 71 more patients died of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. This brought the total number of recoveries and deaths to 475,904 and 10,669, respectively.
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