Manila Bulletin
DOH logs 1,379 new cases of Covid-19
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,379 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, October 19, bringing the total active cases nationwide to 23,347.
Metro Manila continues to lead in new cases with 9,463 in the last two weeks, followed by Calabarzon and Central Luzon.
The country's total Covid-19 infections have reached nearly 4 million, with over 3.9 million recoveries and 63,625 deaths.
The DOH confirmed that some detected cases of the Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant are local cases.
Out of 81 Omicron subvariant XBB cases, 61 are local, with 60 cases from Western Visayas and one from the Davao region.
Of these local XBB cases, eight are still active, 50 have recovered, and three outcomes are still being verified.
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