The number of Philippine National Police personnel infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 increased to 815 yesterday as 14 tested positive based on results released yesterday.

Following reports of clustering and community transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 in some areas, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte reminded barangay officials to strictly enforce general community quarantine guidelines.

A detainee who had just given birth has asked the Manila Regional Trial Court to let her stay at the hospital for a year amid fears that she and her baby could be infected with coronavirus disease 2019 in the city jail.

Economists now expect an uptick in June inflation after easing for four straight months to a six-month low of 2.1 percent in May due to rising oil and food prices following the easing of lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.

Cagdianao Mining Corp., a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp., donated more than P500,000 to cover the cost of labor and materials for the provision of wooden beds to be used in COVID-19 quarantine facilities in Dinagat Islands province.