MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Tuesday recorded 7,204 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,013,618.
- Active cases: 71,675 or 7.1% of the total
- Recoveries: 10,109 pushing total to 925,027
- Deaths: 63, bringing total to 16,916
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Authorities are putting up their own versions of community pantries after initially linking the initiatives to feed the hungry amid the pandemic to the communist insurgency. In a project brief, police are instructed by leadership to photograph "planted beneficiary civilians so as to manifest community appreciations."
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— Bella Perez-Rubio with a report from Xave Gregorio