Philippines reports 16,313 new COVID-19 infections
As of Thursday, Aug 26, the Philippines reported 16,313 new COVID-19 infections, pushing total active cases to 131,921.
This is an increase from Wednesday's report of 125,378 active cases.
Total recoveries climbed to 1,734,551 after 9,659 more patients recovered, while the death toll rose to 32,728 with 236 new fatalities.
The DOH noted that five laboratories failed to submit data on time and removed 201 duplicate cases from the total case count.
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