Philippines logs 4,661 new Covid-19 cases, 28 deaths

Manila 13 Aug : The Philippines reported 4,661 new cases of Covid-19, which brings the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,823,084 the Health Ministry of the country said.

Health Ministry saidThe Department of Health (DOH) on Friday announced that the number of active cases increased to 40,315, which is the highest since March 30 as well as 28 additional patients died from complications of Covid-19 increasing the death toll up to 60,944.Metro Manila tallied 1,489 new cases.

DOH undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that new infections in Metro Manila have slowed but the number "in the majority of regions" in the country is "still on a constant upward trend".Vergeire said that the DOH also reported the existence of an "uptrend" of severe and critical hospital admissions, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Philippines has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 in a single day of 39,004 cases of new cases on the 15th of January.The nation, with a population of more than 110 million people, has vaccined over 71.5 million individuals.int/khz/ .