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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said it registered 695 new infections of COVID-19, with active cases now down to 17,550.
With this, the country’s COVID-19 caseload is now at 4,027,469 nationwide, with 3,945,419 recoveries and 64,500 deaths.
These new infections are much lower than the average daily infections recorded from Nov. 14 to 20 at 1,296, as well as the recorded cases on Monday at 938.
It should be noted, though, that this number reflected the 8,272 tests conducted on Sunday. The DOH usually collates the lowest number of conducted COVID-19 tests on Sunday, based on previous data released through the COVID-19 tracker
Meanwhile, the tracker also showed that Metro Manila continues to lead the list of regions with the most cases in the past two weeks with 3,502 cases, followed by Calabarzon at second with 1,981 infections, and Western Visayas with 1,472.
In terms of individual areas with the most cases, Quezon City leads with 713 infections, followed by Cavite with 701 and Laguna with 499.
Meanwhile, 10,913 tests were conducted on Monday which will reflect the number of cases recorded on Wednesday.
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