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MANILA, Philippines — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 in the country surpassed 13,000 on Wednesday, over 9,000 of which are considered active.
More than half of 54% of the new cases were recorded in Metro Manila while 14 cases or 5% were located in Central Visayas.Five COVID-19 patients, meanwhile, were recorded to have succumbed to the disease, raising the country’s death toll to 842. The country, especially Metro Manila, could also experience a “third wave” of coronavirus transmission if it will shift to a general community quarantine without mass testing.The government has eased up quarantine protocols in the country last week despite the relatively low number of tested individuals. DOH has been working towards an “expanded testing” or “targeted testing” although it missed its goal of 8,000 tests per day by the end of April.
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