MANILA, Philippines — Deaths related to COVID-19 rose to 24,973 on Friday as the Department of Health (DOH) reported an additional 117 fatalities.
The DOH began reporting deaths over 100 in April this year as the country saw a surge in COVID-19 cases. Friday’s new deaths mark the fourth consecutive day that the country again reported more than 100 deaths this June.
The total deaths were among the 1,424,518 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country since the pandemic began. The case fatality rate still stands at 1.75 percent from this number, which the World Health Organization describes as a low number.
The DOH reported an average of 117 deaths in case bulletins from J…
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