BREAKING NEWS. The number of validated coronavirus cases in the country rose to 22,992 on Tuesday, June 9.
CORONAVIRUS. Workers wear Personal Protective Equipment inside the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Building in Delpan, Tondo on June 2, 2020. Photo by Dante Diosina Jr/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – The number of validated coronavirus cases in the country rose to 22,992 on Tuesday, June 9, the Department of Health reported.Cases that were released over 4 days ago but only validated recently are categorized by the DOH as"late cases," while confirmed cases released within the last 3 days are considered as"fresh cases."
Patients who succumbed to the coronavirus diseases reached 1,017, with DOH reporting 6 more fatalities on Tuesday.According to the department, 150 of the 518 new cases are from Metro Manila, while 86 are from Central Visayas. Both areas have recently eased quarantine restrictions, transitioning from modified enhanced community quarantine to general community quarantine.
In a virtual forum on Tuesday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III maintained that the uptick in fresh cases"is not related" to the easing of lockdown protocols. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also said during the Tuesday forum that Philippine laboratories have a total of 1,500 remaining cases that have yet to be verified. The government has been testing more
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