Philippines Reports Record High COVID-19 Cases for Second Consecutive Day
The Philippines recorded 12,576 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, April 3, marking the second consecutive day with over 10,000 daily infections.
This brings the total confirmed cases to 771,497 and active cases to 153,809 as of Friday, April 2. The death toll increased by 17 to 13,320.
On Saturday, recoveries rose by 434, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 604,368.
The health department noted that Friday's record-high cases included 3,709 backlogged due to system technical issues on March 31. Even without these backlogs, it was still a significant single-day tally.
Active cases reached their highest point this year at 153,809 (19.9% of total cases), with 95.9% being mild and only 0.6% in critical condition.
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