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FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes a blood sample from a passenger at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in Manila, the Philippines, on July 15, 2020. REUTERS / Eloisa Lopez / File photo
MANILA, Philippines – The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 319,330 people in the Philippines after more than 200 days since the government implemented a lockdown.
As of 4 p.m. Saturday, the Health Department registered 2,674 new cases of the respiratory disease. Of the total COVID-19, 58,606 are active cases.
The Philippines health department also reported 459 additional recoveries, bringing the total count of recovered patients to 255,056.
However, DOH also documented 62 more deaths from the coronavirus disease. This brings the death toll from COVID-19 in the country to 5,678.
After further evaluation, 22 duplicate cases were removed from the total cases. Of the number, 11 were recoveries.
DOH said that 19 cases that were included in the total recoveries were reclassified as deaths.
The health department also revealed that 10 molecular labs failed to submit data to the COVID-19 Data Repository System (CDRS) on Friday, October 2.
Currently, John Hopkins’ COVID-19 tracker showed that the Philippines is the 20th country with the highest number of total coronavirus infections worldwide.
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