MANILA, Philippines — The total active COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 60,000-mark again following the reporting of additional 7,450 cases on Friday—the second consecutive day this week that the country reported coronavirus infections that are more than 7,000.
Based on the latest DOH bulletin, the 60,794 active cases now compose 4.8 percent of the 1.25 million confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since the pandemic started.
Of this number, there are 1.173 million recoveries, including an additional 2,382 patients who have recovered from the disease.
There were also 181 new deaths, raising the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 21,537—represent…
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