MANILA, Philippines — Active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 124,680 on Tuesday with the detection of 9,296 additional cases.
This is the fifth straight day that the DOH recorded over 9,000 new cases. The health department recorded the highest single-day tally of COVID-19 cases on Monday with 10,016 infections.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the total COVID-19 cases in the country is currently at 741,181.
Meanwhile, there are also 103 additional recoveries, pushing the number of patients who have recovered to 603,310. However, five more individuals have died, raising the death toll to 13,191.
The DOH said 20.4 percent of the 30,518 people who were te…
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