The Department of Health has logged 714 new COVID-19 patients, including 350 “fresh” cases, as of June 6, raising the country’s count to 21, 340 novel coronavirus infections. | CMarquezINQ
The nationwide total recoveries also increased to 4, 441 as of Saturday, including the 111 newly-recovered patients.
Meanwhile, DOH said seven more people died due to COVID-19, boosting the country’s death toll to 994. Further, DOH reported that accredited COVID-19 testing centers in the country remain at 41 while 112 other laboratories are still being evaluated by the health agency. COVID-19 is a severe respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, which outbreak first emerged in Wuhan City, Hubei province in China late last year.
The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms such as fever or cough for most people but it can cause serious ailments such as pneumonia on older people and those with existing health problems.
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