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MANILA – (TO UPDATE) The Philippines announced 1,776 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the country’s total to 465,724.
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 7 new COVID-related deaths, or a total of 9,055 deaths.
There were also 533 additional recovered patients, or a total of 430,490 recoveries.
The areas with the highest number of new cases are Quezon City with 128, Davao City with 121, Rizal with 94, Samar with 57 and Bulacan with 56 cases.
Of the 26,179 active cases, 81.4% presented mild symptoms, 10.3% asymptomatic, 5.2% in critical condition, 2.7% severe symptoms, and 0.34% moderate symptoms.
The chief of health reminded the public to continue following health protocols to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
The OCTA Research Group previously estimated that the total number of cases in the country could reach 480,000 by the end of the year.
Since the start of the pandemic, 78.7 million people have been infected by the COVID-19 virus worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus control panel. Of these, 1.73 million have died and 44.3 million have recovered. Currently, more than 32 million people are infected with COVID-19.
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