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Philippines records 429 new cases; active tally down to 4,336
The Philippines recorded 3,148 new COVID-19 cases from April 17 to 23, marking the highest weekly total in 16 weeks.
The daily average of infections rose by 32 percent to 450 cases per day compared to the previous week.
This marks the sixth consecutive week with over 1,000 weekly COVID-19 cases.
The number of severe and critical infections went down to 345 from the previous 356 during the same week.
Only 13.7 percent of ICU beds and 17.4 percent of non-ICU beds are in use.
The DOH verified five additional COVID-19 related deaths, all of which were backlogs reported as early as September 2020.
To date, the country has logged over 4.08 million coronavirus cases and more than 66,439 deaths.
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