BREAKING: The death toll due to COVID-19 in the Philippines has passed 300, with the Health Department confirming 18 new fatalities due to the viral disease as the total number of cases nears 5,000.
The death toll due to COVID-19 in the Philippines has passed 300, with the Health Department confirming Monday 18 new fatalities due to the viral disease as the total number of cases nears 5,000.
The Health Department also reported 284 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of those who have been infected to 4,932. No other details were provided on the new fatalities but previous data releases by the DOH showed some of the deaths occurred days before the information was disclosed. Since April 4, the country has recorded less than 300 new cases daily, except on April 6 when it recorded 414 new cases.Worldwide, COVID-19 has killed more than 100,000 people, mostly in the United States, although the outbreak began in Wuhan, China in December 2019. More than 1.8 million people have been infected, according to the Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 global tracker.
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