The Philippines listed its largest number of deaths reported in a single day since the pandemic started, raising the nationwide death toll due to COVID-19 to 4,630 as of Monday, September 14.
But not all fatalities took place recently, with two of the deaths reported to have occurred as far back as April and May,, while 22 were from June and 97 were from July. Bulk of the deaths, or 110 fatalities, took place in August, while another 28 were reported within September.
Among the deaths reported, 154 or 59% took place in Metro Manila, followed by 28 in Central Visayas, 4 in Eastern Visayas, 3 in Bicol region, and 3 more in areas still to be identified. Another two each took place in Central Luzon, Zamboanga, Northern Mindanao, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; while there was one death each reported in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Caraga, and Western Visayas.
“We continue to strive to keep media and the public updated with the most accurate national tally available at the moment. At the same time, we are constantly reminding our LGUs and disease reporting units to immediately report deaths and ensure that information to support this is completely encoded,” the agency said in a statement on Sunday, September 13.
The latest number remains on the higher-end of cases reported in a single day, signaling the pandemic was still spreading in the Philippines. Bulk of cases or 4,090 occurred within the last two weeks.
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