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FILE PHOTO: A vendor at Pritil Public Market gets a free swab test amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines on October 8, 2020. REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,157 additional infections of the coronavirus disease, bringing the country’s total number of cases to 393,961.
In its Saturday case bulletin released at 4 p.m., the health agency said 36,260, or 9.2 percent of all COVID-19 cases were active cases.
Meanwhile, 252 more recoveries were documented, bringing the total of COVID-19 survivors to 350,216.
However, the death toll from COVID-19 reached 7,485 across the country with 24 new deaths.
DOH once again reviewed the total number of COVID-19 cases after eliminating five duplicate cases. Of these, four were recoveries.
Six recoveries were also reclassified as deaths, the DOH said.
Nine molecular labs did not submit their COVID-19 case counts to DOH on Nov.6.
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