MANILA, Philippines — The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has reached the same peak that the country saw in July last year, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday.
“I think a week ago I was flagging that ‘yung (the) number of cases getting ill in the past weeks were almost at the peak of last year. Yesterday it’s now at the same peak,” Dr. Alethea de Guzman, OIC Director III of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, said in an online media forum.
“Ibig sabihin kung gaano karami ‘yung nagiging pinakamataas na dami ng pagkakasakit (this means the highest number of patients who were ill) last July, now it’s at the same peak,” she added.
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