MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Thursday 3,749 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 47,769.
This is the highest number of additional COVID-19 cases that is over the 3,000-mark so far this year. The DOH again started reporting over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases per day last March 5. It reported over 2,000 cases on Tuesday and Wednesday.
According to DOH, there were also 406 new recoveries, pushing the number of patients who have recovered from the disease to 546,671.
Meanwhile, there were also 63 additional patients who have died. The COVID-19 death toll is now 12,608.
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