MANILA, Philippines — Local health authorities on Wednesday recorded 4,842 additional coronavirus infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,118,359.
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Active cases: 53,214 or 4.8% of the total
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Recoveries: 8,312, pushing total to 1,046,431
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Deaths: 94, bringing total to 18,714
Five labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System, the Department of Health said.
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— Bella Perez-Rubio with a report from Xave Gregorio