MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday an additional 4,842 COVID-19 cases, bringing the total active coronavirus infections in the country to 53,214.
Data from the DOH showed that the country has already recorded a total of 1,118,359 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic.
Of thetotal tally, 1,046,431 have recovered, including an additional 8,312 patients who have survived the disease. Meanwhile, another 94 people have died, raising the death toll to 18,714.
According to DOH, the low number of new confirmed cases is due to the low testing output of laboratories last Monday.
The DOH also said that active cases represent o…
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