MANILA, Philippines — The country’s confirmed COVID-19 cases again reached the 51,000-mark on Friday after recording 5,881 more coronavirus infections.
According to DOH, the 51,902 active cases compose 3.6 percent of the total 1,461,455 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country. Active cases in the country were below 50,000 in the previous days.
Another 3,003 patients have also recovered, bringing the tally of recoveries to 1,383,833, or 94.7 percent of the confirmed cases. Meanwhile, 70 more patients have died, raising the death count to 25,720, or 1.76 percent of all the overall tally.
The DOH said 11 percent of the 50,572 people who were tested were found positi…
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