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MANILA, Philippines – The number of coronavirus disease cases in the country now stands at 286,743, as the Health Department reported 3,311 additional cases of infection on Sunday.
As of 4 p.m., the DOH also reported 20,021 additional recoveries (625 from routine reports and 19,396 time-based recoveries), bringing the total number of patients who have recovered from the disease to 229,865.
Meanwhile, an additional 55 deaths are recorded, bringing the total death count to 4,984.
With recoveries and deaths removed from the tally, there are now 51,894 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, according to DOH.
Of the additional reported cases of infection, 2,774 or 84 percent occurred in the last two weeks or from September 7 to 20.
The main regions with new confirmed cases in that period were Metro Manila with 1,182 cases or 43 percent of new cases, Calabarzon with 555 cases or 20 percent, and Western Visayas with 299 cases or 11 percent.
Of the 55 additional deaths, 33 occurred in September, 17 in August and five in July.
The breakdown of recently reported deaths is as follows: Metro Manila with 29 deaths, Central Visayas with six, Western Visayas with five, Calabarzon with four, Bicol Region and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao with three each, Ilocos Region with two, and central Luzon, Eastern Visayas and Caraga with an additional kill each.
According to DOH, 29 duplicates were removed from the total case count. Of this number, 14 recoveries and one death have been removed. However, one case was reactivated after further validation.
Twenty-five cases previously labeled as recovered were reclassified to deaths, while another three were reclassified to active cases after final validation.
Seven labs were unable to submit their data to the COVID-19 Data Repository System (CDRS) on Saturday, September 19, according to the health department.
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