COVID-19 cases in Philippines breach 14,000 mark --DOH | Inquirer News

COVID-19 cases in Philippines breach 14,000 mark –DOH

By: - Reporter / @KAguilarINQ
/ 04:32 PM May 24, 2020

MANILA, Philippines — The total number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines has breached the 14,000 mark after the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday recorded 258 new cases nationwide.

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The total number of infections in the country is now at 14,035.

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This while the DOH also recorded the recovery of 72 cases and the death of five others. The Philippines now has 3,249 COVID-19 recoveries and 868 deaths.

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Of the 258 new cases, 195 or 75 percent were recorded in Metro Manila.

Twelve or 5 percent of the new cases were repatriates while 51 others or 20 percent were recorded in other areas.

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COVID-19 is a severe respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, which first emerged in Wuhan City in China’s Hubei province in late 2019.

Globally, it has so far infected more than 5.3 million people. Of the figure, at least 2 million have recovered while over 350,000 people have died of the disease.

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