The release of the updates on COVID-19 cases for Friday would be delayed due to the changes in the way of reporting it, the Department of Health (DOH) said. | GabrielLaluINQ
Prior to her announcement, Vergeire said that DOH has decided to differentiate the fresh cases from the backlog after theAccording to her, only 109 of the record-highrecorded last Thursday were fresh cases, while the rest of the patients were part of the case backlog. However, government critics took notice of the high cases in contrast to the decision to ease quarantine restrictions all over the country, including Metro Manila.
She admitted though that the high number of cases might have stoked fears that the country was U-turning to an enhanced community quarantine scenario — just as the government decided to relax its regulations.in the Philippines, 921 of which have died while 3,598 have recovered. Worldwide, there are now 5.705 million cases, with 355,934 people dead and 2.360 million patients-recoveries.
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