MANILA, Philippines — Covid-19 has now killed over 11,000 people in the country, as 1,894 more test positive for new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to the Department of Health’s (DOH) report Friday.
DOH said 61 patients have recently succumbed to the illness, driving the nationwide death toll at 11,058.
The health agency also said the 1,894 new cases brought the country’s total Covid-19 cases to 533,587, including34,255 active patients.
On the other hand, DOH said 397 patients were able to survive the respiratory disease pushing the sum of recovered patients to 488,274.
DOH said the active cases represent 6.4 percent of the total cases, while recoveries and deaths repres…
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