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MANILA – The Philippines confirmed 3,483 additional COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total to 224,264 as new quarantine classifications in different parts of the country began to take effect.
The additional cases, based on tests performed by 93 of 110 operating laboratories, were mostly from Metro Manila (1,824), while the remainder were from Laguna (223), Cavite (184), Rizal (161) and Batangas (126). .
President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metro Manila, Bulacan, Batangas, Tacloban City, and Bacolod City under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) for the entire month of September, while Iligan City in Lanao del Norte is under modified enhanced community quarantine during the same period. .
The rest of the country will remain under modified GCQ this month.
With 464 additional recovered patients and 39 new COVID-related deaths, active cases stood at 62,655.
The total number of recoveries is 158,012, while the death toll amounted to 3,597.
Most of the deaths (34 of 39) were from August. Almost half of the additional deaths are from Metro Manila (18 deaths) and the remainder are from Region 4A (9) and Region 6 (5).
A total of 38 duplicate cases were removed from the previous count, including 11 labeled as recovered.
“In addition, there were three (3) cases that were previously reported as recovered but after final validation, they were deaths,” DOH said in its note.
The Philippines has recorded more than 2,000 additional COVID-19 cases a day since the end of July, following the easing of quarantine measures and the gradual opening of the economy.
The highest was 6,880 reported on August 10.
DOH has attributed the continued increase in cases to community transmission.
The UP OCTA group said it expects cases in the Philippines to reach 330,000 to 375,000 by the end of September.
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