Philippines confirms 421 new COVID-19 cases; 2 more deaths due to late reporting
Based on the health department's 4 p.m. bulletin, the country has 9,750 active infections, accounting for 0.3 percent of the total case count. Of those still battling the disease, 374 are in critical condition and 1,778 are severely ill.
The positivity rate is at 2.6 percent, derived from test results of samples from 18,122 individuals on Sunday. The DOH said the two died last September but were only reported Tuesday due to "late encoding of death information to COVIDKaya."
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