MANILA: The number of coronavirus cases in the Philippines climbed to 9,223 after the Health Ministry reported 295 new infections on Sunday. The ministry also recorded four more deaths related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the tally to 607.
A health worker wearing a protective suit is disinfected inside a portable tent outisee the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center during an enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday . - AP
The ministry also recorded four more deaths related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, bringing the tally to 607.On Saturday, the Philippines released a total of 9,731 inmates in an apparent move to decongest jails as the country grapples with an increasing number of Covid-19 cases, Associate Supreme Court Justice Mario Victor Leonen.
"The chief justice reports that from March 15 to April 29, 9,731 persons under detention have already been released," Leonen told an online media forum.
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