Philippines confirms 203 new COVID-19 cases, as Odette disrupts lab reporting
MANILA - The Philippines confirmed 203 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to 2,837,577.
The Department of Health also reported 395 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 2,777,109. This means that the country has a total of 9,729 active cases as of 4 p.m. Sunday, which is the lowest since May 22, 2020. Sixty four new deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the country’s death toll from the disease to 50,739.ABS-CBN News’ vaccine tracker says that as of Dec. 16, the government has achieved 55.8 percent of its targeted 77.1 million people, more than 8 months since its vaccine rollout. Worldwide, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 274 million people and caused over 5.
The United States remains the most badly affected country with over 50 million infections and over 806,000 deaths.The first COVID-19 death outside of China, was also recorded in the Philippines last year.
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