Philippines logs 10% increase in daily COVID-19 cases

The Philippines recorded an increase of 10% in daily average new coronavirus cases from February 27 to March 5.

A total of 913 new infections were reported during this period, compared to 832 cases the previous week.

Despite the rise in cases, no new severe or critical cases were recorded and only 56 additional deaths were verified by the DOH, mostly backlogs from earlier dates.

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