MANILA, Philippines — There are now 55,293 COVID-19 patients in the Philippines as of Friday with the detection of 6,812 more cases, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
According to the DOH, the active cases make up 4 percent of all the 1,385,053 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since last year.
Of this number, 1,305,608 have recovered, including 2,867 additional patients who have recuperated from the disease.
Meanwhile, 116 more patients have died, bringing the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 24,152, or 1.74 percent of the total number of cases.
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