5,828 new infections bring Philippines coronavirus caseload to 1.53M
MANILA, Philippines — Local health authorities on Thursday reported 5,828 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,530,266.
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Active cases: 50,562 or 3.3% of the total
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Recoveries: 3,257, pushing total to 1,452,813
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Deaths: 17, bringing total to 26,891
More local cases of Delta variant detected; 1.5-M more Sinovac doses arrive
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The Department of Health said it detected 12 new local cases of the highly infectious Delta variant of COVID-19.
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Six of the new cases were from Central Luzon, three from Metro Manila, two from Calabarzon and one from Bicol Region, DOH said.
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The new cases bring the total number of Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases in the Philippines to 47 — 8 of them are classified active.
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Another 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country this morning.
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A coach of Team Philippines will be sent home following back-and-forth false positive and negative tests for COVID-19, according to Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino.
— Bella Perez-Rubio
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