MANILA, Philippines — The country’s average daily deaths from COVID-19 in the first 11 days of April was already at 41, or few cases shy of the rate recorded for the whole month of March, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
The health agency’s Epidemiology Bureau director Aletheia de Guzman said during Monday’s online Palace briefing that the average daily COVID-19 deaths for the entire March were 46.
“Sa ngayon, ang ating average deaths per day para sa Marso ay nasa 46. Sa April 1 to 11 ay nasa 41. Hindi pa natin naaabot naman ‘yung peak na nakita natin noong Agusto [2020] at 68,” de Guzman noted.
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