MANILA, Philippines — The current active infections of COVID-19 have breached the 5,000-mark at 5,113 after an additional 593 new cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday.
This brought the country’s total COVID-19 caseload to 3,697,793 nationwide, with 3,632,196 recoveries and 60,484 deaths, based on DOH’s COVID-19 tracker on its website.
The newly-recorded cases are also higher than the average number of infections recorded from June 13 to 19 at 436, as well as Tuesday’s 409 recorded cases.
Meanwhile, in terms of the number of cases per region, Metro Manila continues to lead with the highest recorded number in the last 14 days at 2,793, followed by Calabarzon with 864 and Western Visayas with 458.
In terms of number per city specifically, Quezon City tops the list with the most reported cases at 647, followed by Manila with 367 and Makati with 346.
Despite the consistent — albeit slight — increase in COVID-19 infections in the past few weeks, the DOH had assured that no surge has happened yet.
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Independent pandemic monitor Octa Research, on the other hand, earlier noted that the COVID-19 positivity rate in the National Capital Region (NCR) had already reached five percent, surpassing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) benchmark.
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