Manila Bulletin
COVID-19 cases in PH now at 564,865
Philippine health authorities have detected 62 cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 across six regions.
Returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) account for 30 of these cases, while the Cordillera Administrative Region has 23.
Other regions with UK variant cases include Davao Region (3), Calabarzon (2), National Capital Region (1), Central Visayas (1), and Northern Mindanao (1).
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has reached 564,865, with 1,414 new cases reported.
The country has recorded 522,941 recoveries and 12,107 deaths.
Five samples from Central Visayas were found to have both the N501Y and E484K mutations, bringing the total samples with these mutations to 34.
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The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed six cases of the South Africa coronavirus variant (B.1.351) and 30 additional UK variant (B.1.1.7) cases in the Philippines.
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Thirty-one out of 50 COVID-19 samples from Cebu have shown the E484K and N501Y mutations, which are of global concern and present in variants from the UK, Brazil, and South Africa.
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