COVID-19 cases in Philippines hit 1.5-M

MANILA, Philippines — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has surpassed 1.5 million after local health authorities reported 6,040 new infections on Saturday.

• Active cases: 47,257 or 3.1% of the total
   
• Recoveries: 7,213, bringing total to 1,428,504
   
• Fatalities: 122, pushing death toll to 26,598

What's new today?

• The Philippines received 1.5 million more doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine, bumping up the country's vaccine supply to 26.2 million doses.
   
• The Department of Health is verifying the reported death of another patient who contracted the coronavirus Delta variant. If confirmed, this would be the second local death in the country after infection with the Delta variant.
   
• DOH spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire said health authorities are now doing intensive contact tracing among individuals who were positive for the Delta variant to determine links between them.

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