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MANILA (TO UPDATE) The Philippines reported 2,529 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the number of cases across the country to 234,570.
Cases of recoveries increased by 1,136 from the previous day, the Department of Health (DOH) said in its latest bulletin. The total number of recoveries stood at 161,668.
The country also recorded 53 new deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 3,790.
To date, the Philippines has 69,112 active cases of coronavirus, of which 90.4 percent of patients have mild symptoms, official figures from the Department of Health showed.
According to the health department, many of Saturday’s additional cases, or 1,171, were from Metro Manila, which remained the epicenter of the country’s crisis.
The rest of new coronavirus infections were from Negros Occidental (197), Laguna (145), Cavite (117), and Bulacan (70).
As of September 3, the Philippines tested 2,569,742 people for the new coronavirus, of whom 272,768 tested positive.
DOH previously explained that positive results are still undergoing validation because some could be repeat tests or wrong entries.
The UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team had projected that virus cases in the country could reach more than half a million by the end of the year.
Using DOH data from August 31, the group estimated that at least 402,821 cases to 767,611 cases, or an average of 585,216 cases as of December 31, 2020, due to “mobility of people, case detection and delays in notification “.
According to the latest COVID-19 panel from Johns Hopkins University, more than 26.6 million cases of the disease have been recorded worldwide, with the United States, Brazil, India, Russia and Peru topping the list of countries with more infections.
Since it emerged from the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, more than 874,000 people have succumbed to the disease, while more than 17.7 million people have recovered.
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