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Philippines reports 15,789 more COVID-19 cases

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Philippines reports 15,789 more COVID-19 cases
Authorities ask for vaccination cards from individuals and motorists entering Taguig City during their vaccination checkpoint operation held at Brgy. North Daang Hari on Jan. 21, 2022.
The STAR / Michael Varcas

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Tuesday reported 15,789 additional COVID-19 infections, raising the country’s nationwide tally to 3,475,293.

Ninety-five percent of the newly-reported cases occurred from January 13 to 26, according to the Department of Health.

The regions with the highest number of additional infections during that period were Calabarzon (2,248), Metro Manila (2,135) and Central Luzon (1,520).

The country’s death toll rose by 66 to 53,664, while recoveries increased by 32,712 to 3,191,219.

The number of active cases was down to 230,410, of which nearly 95% had mild illness.

According to the DOH, 35.8% of 43,725 samples on January 24 tested positive for COVID-19, way above the threshold set by the World Health Organization.

Three testing laboratories did not submit data to the agency.

Daily cases hit record highs this month following the detection of local cases of the hyper-contagious Omicron variant. 

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