MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health confirmed 2,093 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing to 326,833 the total number of cases in the Philippines.
The country still has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia. It is also the country with the 20th highest number of reported coronavirus infections.
Majority of the newly-announced cases were from Metro Manila (557). It was followed by Cavite (253), Iloilo (166), Bulacan (124) and Batangas (118).
Eighty-three percent of the additional infections occurred in the last 14 days.
Total recoveries in the country reached 273,313 after 209 more patients had been declared recovered from the disease.
But total fatalities due to the new coronavirus rose to 5,865 after the agency logged 25 additional deaths.
The number of active cases in the country now stands at 47,665.
The Philippines has been recording less than 3,000 cases daily in the last weeks except for September 28 and October 4.
While there is a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, the public should not be complacent as there are still areas reporting an increase in infections, the DOH said.
More than 3.7 million people have been tested in the country.
The number of cases globally has risen to more than 35 million, with over one million deaths.
The World Health Organization, however, estimated that 10% of the planet’s 7.8 billion people have been infected by the new coronavirus since it first emerged in China late last year.