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PH Covid-19 cases now over 234K; 1.1K new recoveries
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,529 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, September 5, bringing the total case count to 234,570.
Active cases rose to 69,112.
There were 53 new deaths, increasing the total fatalities to 3,790, and 1,136 new recoveries, bringing the total to 161,668.
The National Capital Region recorded the highest number of new cases with 1,171, followed by Negros Occidental with 197, Laguna with 145, Cavite with 117, and Bulacan with 70.
The DOH noted that 32 of the new deaths were from NCR, six from Region 3, four from Region 6, four from Region 4-A, two each from Region 1, CAR, and BARMM, and one from Region 12.
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