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FILE – A health worker takes a sample from a resident’s nasal swab as they conduct mass testing for COVID-19 in Manila, the Philippines, Friday, May 8, 2020 (AP File Photo / Aaron Favila).
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines recorded 2,747 additional coronavirus infections nationwide, increasing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 301,256.
As of Saturday, the Department of Health (DOH) reported 63,066 active cases of the respiratory disease.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the country reached 5,284, including 88 new deaths.
The Philippine health department also revealed an additional 787 COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease, bringing the sum of recoveries to 232,906.
DOH said it changed the total number of cases after removing 852 duplicates. Of the number, 259 are recoveries.
Meanwhile, 21 recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation by the health department.
Three of the 134 accredited labs were unable to submit their data to the agency’s COVID-19 Data Repository System (CDRS) on September 25, 2020.
DOH said the labs were the Dr. Jorge P. Royeca Hospital, the Philippine Heart Center and Safeguard DNA Diagnostics.
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