MANILA, Philippines — A total of 5,404 new COVID-19 infections recorded on Monday pushed the number of active cases to 53,479, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
According to DOH’s COVID-19 bulletin, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is now at 626,893, with 560,577 of them tagged as recoveries.
Eight new deaths meanwhile brought the death toll to 12,837
Monday’s new confirmed cases are the highest for 2021, and it is also higher than the infections last August 26 — when Metro Manila was also experiencing a surge — which were 5,227 cases.
Most of the patients or 92.4 percent of active cases only experienced mild symptoms, while 4.0 percent were asympto…
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