Philippines Reports Second-Highest Daily COVID-19 Cases
The Philippines reported 19,271 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, September 19, raising the total number of active cases to 178,196.
Total recoveries increased to 2,151,765 after 25,037 more patients recovered from the illness.
The death toll rose to 36,788 with 205 new fatalities recorded.
On Saturday, September 18, the DOH reported 23,134 new cases of COVID-19, the second highest daily infections since the start of the pandemic.
This raised the total case count to 2,347,550 and active cases to 184,088 with a positivity rate of 26% out of 73,635 tests.
Total recoveries climbed to 2,126,879 with 27,024 new recoveries recorded on Saturday.
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