Total reported coronavirus infections in the Philippines now close to 273,000 with 3,550 more cases on Wednesday. This is the 9th straight day that additional COVID19 cases were more than 3,000. Read more:
MANILA — The Philippines reported 3,550 additional COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 272,934, as 53 areas in the country, according to a health official, were observed to have posted an increase in coronavirus infections.
This is the 9th straight day that additional cases were more than 3,000. Before that, the Philippines saw a decline in cases, with the daily tally dropping to just around 1,000, to 2,000. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said earlier in the day that the continued increase in COVID-19 cases is due to multiple factors, and that the daily tally of additional cases are from both regular and delayed reporting of laboratories. Of the additional cases on Wednesday, 1,459 are from the National Capital Region, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Majority or 84% of the additional cases occurred in the last 2 weeks.
With 524 additional recovered patients and 69 additional COVID-related deaths, there are now 60,344 active cases or current infections in the country. The Department of Health reported 7 laboratories unable to submit their test results in time for Wednesday’s tally: 2. Lanao del Norte Covid-19 Testing Laboratory4. Metro Iloilo Hospital and Medical Center7. Valenzuela Hope Molecular Laboratory
The DOH said a week ago that COVID-19 cases will be “irregularly high” in the coming days because of laboratories trying to catch up on their delayed reporting.
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