Active COVID-19 cases hit 72,248 after Philippines logs 9,226 new infections 

Emergency field hospitals installed by the Philippine Red Cross are seen at the Lung Center of the Philippines compound on April 29, 2021 to help augment its bed capacity in order to admit more patients in need of immediate hospital care.
The STAR/Michael Varcas

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Saturday recorded 9,226 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,046,653.

What's new today?

  • President Rodrigo Duterte in his Labor Day message paid tribute to the country's frontliners who have toiled under one of the world's longest and harshest pandemic lockdowns.

  • A new study by the International SOS Foundation and Affinity Health at Work showed rotational workers amid the pandemic have suffered a high-level of suicidal thoughts, clinical depression and impacts on their physical health. 

  • India recorded another 385,000 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours -- a new global record -- and almost 3,500 deaths, according to official data that many experts suspect falls short of the true toll.

  • The World Health Organization has listed the US-made Moderna vaccine for emergency use.

— Bella Perez-Rubio with a report from Xave Gregorio

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