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Philippines records 1,944 COVID-19 cases on Holy Week
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,944 new COVID-19 cases during Holy Week (April 3-9), a slight increase from the previous week's 1,721 cases.
This brings the daily average to 278 cases, a 13 percent rise compared to the 246 daily average from March 27 to April 2.
Out of the total reported infections, 17 cases, or 0.94 percent, were classified as critical or severe, contributing to a total of 378 critical or severe COVID-19 admissions.
Thirty deaths were recorded, though these were backlogged cases reported since September 2020 and no new deaths occurred in the past two weeks.
The country's total COVID-19 caseload has reached 4,083,678 with 4,007,765 recoveries and 66,420 deaths as of April 9, and active cases stand at 9,493.
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