MANILA, Philippines — The number of active cases in the country dipped below 50,000 after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 6,666 recoveries on Monday.
In its daily case bulletin, DOH said the active cases in the country as of May 24 is at 48,917.
This is even after the health department logged 4,973 additional infections.
There were also 39 new fatalities.
All in all, the country’s total COVID-19 case count is at 1,184,706, including 48,917 active cases, 1,115,806 recoveries and 19,933 deaths.
DOH said it removed 21 duplicates from the total count, which include 18 recoveries.
There were also 58 cases that were “deactivated” after being tagged as duplicates, …
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