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MANILA – The Philippines reported 2,249 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday, bringing the number of cases nationwide to 336,926, the Department of Health (DOH) said.
This was the sixth day in a row that the newly announced cases had fewer than 3,000.
Of the additional cases, 1,951 or 87 percent occurred in the past 14 days. The main regions with cases in the last 2 weeks were NCR (549), Region 4A (446) and Region 6 (250).
Cases of recoveries increased by 842 from the previous day, the DOH said in its latest bulletin. The total number of recoveries stood at 276,094.
The country also recorded 87 new deaths from the respiratory disease, bringing the death toll to 6,238
Active cases in the Philippines reached 54,594, of which 85.8 percent of patients have mild symptoms, official figures from the Department of Health showed.
DOH said the daily count does not include the results of 17 labs that did not submit data on time.
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