The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed another 579 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, raising the Philippines’ total tally to 22,474.
Of the new cases, 331 were referred as “fresh” or test results released within the last three days and validated by the DOH epidemiology bureau. Only 248 cases were considered “late,” or test results released after more than four days and that were just recently validated.
Meanwhile, the DOH said 4,637 patients in the country have fully recovered from the disease after 107 more recoveries have been reported.
However, eight more patients died of COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 1,011.
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