Coronavirus cases in the Philippines climbed further to nearly 130,000 on Sunday, August 9, with 3,109 new cases added to the tally. Active cases also rose to record 59,970.
Coronavirus cases in the Philippines climbed further to nearly 130,000 on Sunday, August 9, with 3,109 new cases added to the tally.
This brings the country's total confirmed COVID-19 cases to 129,913, the Department of Health reported.of 6,352 new cases was set last Tuesday, August 4. Among the new cases on Sunday, 1,700 were from Metro Manila, 169 from Laguna, 114 from Cebu, 98 from Rizal, and 93 from Cavite. Among the new fatalities, 36 were from Central Visayas, 16 from Metro Manila, 3 from Ilocos, two each from Calabarzon and the Zamboanga Peninsula, and one each from Western Visayas and Eastern Visayas.Meanwhile, 654 new recoveries brought the total number of those who healed from the disease to 67,673.
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