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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 24) – The Health Department reported Sunday that 1,949 more people across the country have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the overall case count to 513,619.
According to the latest data, 27,765 or 5.4% of all infected are active cases. It also showed that Davao City is the area that contributes the most with 99 new infections, followed by Quezon City with 98, Cavite with 74, Baguio City with 73 and Leyte with 63.
Meanwhile, 7,729 more recoveries were recorded as the national recovery count increased to 475,612.
The death toll also reached 10,242 after 53 more people succumbed to the disease. Of the new deaths, DOH said two were previously labeled recoveries.
Five testing labs did not submit data on time and it was not yet included in the updated count, the department said. He added that after final validation, eight duplicates, as well as one case that came back negative, were removed from the case count.
Among Filipinos abroad, the Department of Foreign Relations said three more beat the virus for a total of 8,820 recoveries. Meanwhile, the case count and death toll are unchanged at 13,779 and 945, respectively.
Worldwide, cases have exceeded 98.7 million, with more than 2.1 million deaths and 54.4 million recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
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