Manila Bulletin
COVID-19 tally increases to 451,839 -- DOH
The Philippines' COVID-19 tally reached 451,839 as of Tuesday, December 15, 2020, with 1,135 new infections reported.
The total number of recoveries has risen to 418,867, with 173 more survivors reported.
The death toll climbed to 8,812 with 56 new fatalities confirmed.
Twenty-nine duplicates were removed from the total case count, and nine recovered cases and a death were also removed.
Additionally, 20 cases previously tagged as recovered were reclassified as deaths.
There are currently 24,160 active COVID-19 cases, representing 5.3 percent of the total confirmed cases.
The areas with the highest number of new infections were Rizal province with 117, Bulacan with 84, Quezon City with 71, Isabela with 39, and Laguna with 38.
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced that the public is now required to wear both a face shield and a face mask when outside their homes to lessen COVID-19 transmission.
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