MANILA, Philippines — The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has surpassed 190,000 after health officials recorded more than 12,000 cases on Saturday.
The Department of Health (DOH) said there were 12,674 new COVID-19 infections tallied, bringing the total number of active cases to 190,245.
Some 225 individuals succumbed to the disease bringing the total fatalities due to COVID-19 to 14,744.
OVER 850,000.
The Philippines has recorded 853,209 total confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The country breached the 800,000-mark just last Monday (April 5, 2021) #COVID19PH #CoronavirusPH
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— Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) April 10, 2021
Meanwhile, an additional 593 recovered from COVID-19 pushing the total number of recoveries to 648,220.
The DOH noted there were 19 duplicates removed from the total case count, of which seven are recov…
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