MANILA, Philippines — The country’s total active COVID-19 cases climbed to 130,245 on Wednesday following the detection of additional 6,128 infections.
The new cases brought the country’s running total of COVID-19 cases to 747,288, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
There were also 491 patients who have recovered, raising the number of individuals who have survived the respiratory illness to 603,746.
However, 106 additional fatalities brought the death toll to 13,297.
The DOH said active cases represent 17.4 percent of the data, while recoveries and deaths make up 80.8 and 1.78 percent of the tally, respectively.
Of the active cases, 98.4 percent are mild a…
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