Philippines logs 6,539 new COVID-19 cases, total at 1.27 million

MANILA, Philippines — Health authorities on Monday reported 6,539 fresh coronavirus cases, with the total count of infections reaching 1,276,004.

Today's development saw active cases down by 483 from June 6's 59,337. The Department of Health said seven laboratories did not submit testing results.

• Active cases: 58,854 or 4.6% of the total


• Recoveries: 6,969, bringing the number to 1,195,181


• Deaths: 71, or now 21,969 in total

What's new today?

• The Philippines officially began vaccinating those in its A4 priority list, which counts about 35 million essential workers in government, private and informal sectors. 


• Vaccine doses administered on the first week of June stood at 5.96 million, per DOH data. Some 1.54 million individuals have since completed their shots.


• Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police chief, said cops can also get their COVID-19 jabs from local governments of areas where they are deployed.