2,303 COVID cases, 128 deaths seen on All Souls' Day

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines saw 128 more coronavirus-related deaths on All Souls' Day, a figure that authorities reported along with 2,303 new infections. 

This pushed the country's overall count of COVID-19 cases to 2,792,656. The Department of Health said 1.5% of those remain as active cases. 

Some eight laboratories, meanwhile, failed to submit screening results according to the agency. 

• Active cases: 40,786 or 1.5% of the total


• Deaths: 128, pushing the count to 43,404


• Recoveries: 4,677 bringing the number to 2,708,466

Vaccines damaged from fire

• Authorities are investigating the incident in Pagadian City where nearly 150,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were damaged from a fire that broke out at the Zamboanga del Sur provincial health office last week.


• DOH said the country has 520 more cases of the hyper contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.


• Vice President Leni Robredo said she will release her COVID-19 response plan drawing from consultation with health experts on Wednesday should she win the presidency next year. 


• The Philippine National Police urged event organizers of flea markets and bazaars to cooperate with local governments to ensure health protocols are followed by their patrons or customers.


• There are now 27.44 million Filipinos complete with their COVID-19 vaccine, while 32.03 million have received a first dose. The figures are out of the government's goal of inoculating 77.13 million this year.