One week since Metro Manila and neighboring provinces reverted to stricter quarantine protocols, the Philippines reports its new highest number of additional COVID19 cases in a single day. Read more:
MANILA — There are now 136,638 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines after the Department of Health on Monday reported a new record-high of 6,958 additional cases in a single day.
“Our case clustering report showed that there are 380 clusters in NCR; 305 are in the communities and 34 in health facilities. CALABARZON has 174 case clusters and Region 7 with 171 case clusters – majority were also in communities,” the DOH said.Following the definition of fresh cases and late cases , there are 5,394 fresh cases and 1,564 late cases out of the almost 7,000 newly reported infections.
A total of 233 duplicate cases were removed from the total count, the DOH said, including 143 recovered cases and 1 death. The Philippines has been logging a minimum of 3,000 additional COVID-19 cases per day since July 30, following the easing of quarantine measures and the gradual opening up of the economy.
Researchers from the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas have estimated that cases may reach 150,000 by the end of August.
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