Metro Manila has highest number of COVID-19 variant cases in PH

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MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila has recorded the highest number of coronavirus variants among all the regions in the country, data from the Department of Health (DOH) on Friday showed.

The DOH has so far recorded a total of 118 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant from the United Kingdom, 58 cases of the B.1.135 variant from South Africa, and 85 cases of mutations with “potential clinical significance.”

According to DOH, Metro Manila has so far recorded a total of 29 cases of UK variant, and 45 cases of the South African variant.

Meanwhile, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has logged 25 cases of the UK variant.

Northern Mindanao and Calabaron recorded one case each…

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