FILE PHOTO: Persons identified for contact tracing in connection to COVID-19 patients undergo swabbing procedures inside UP-Philippine General Hospital, Manila. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / LYN RILLON
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) reported 564 new infections of COVID-19 on Sunday.
Active cases, meanwhile, slightly dropped to 46,537 in the 3,670,739 confirmed infections.
Total recoveries currently stand at 3,566,592, while COVID-19 deaths are at 57,610.
The DOH released the data through the COVID-19 tracker on the DOH’s website (which usually updates at night), after the agency stopped its daily COVID-19 report and transitioned into a weekly report.
Despite being retained, the COVID-19 tracker will also eventually be updated on a weekly basis, said Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in an earlier statement.
The first weekly report was released on Monday, March 7, where a total of 6,297 new infections of COVID-19 were reported from March 1 to 7.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III earlier said the transition into a weekly released report is meant to boost the confidence of the public under the new normal.