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MANILA – The Philippines confirmed 3,190 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 322,497.
The Department of Health also reported 18,065 new recoveries as DOH implemented its weekly “massive recovery,” bringing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 273,079.
This meant that the country has a total of 43,642 active cases as of 4 p.m. Sunday.
One hundred more deaths from the disease were reported, bringing the death toll from COVID-19 in the Philippines to 5,776.
The National Capital Region had the highest number of new cases with 1,279.
The Philippines has the highest number of total cases in Southeast Asia despite implementing the longest and strictest blockade in the region.
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country was that of a 38-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, China.
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