Philippines reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in almost six months

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Philippines reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in almost six months

FILE PHOTO: A health worker performs a swab test for detection of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a school turned evacuation center for residents affected by Typhoon Vamco, in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 4,578 new coronavirus infections, the biggest daily increase in cases in nearly six months.

In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had risen to 611,618, while deaths had reached 12,694, with 87 fatalities added on Friday.

The renewed surge in COVID-19 cases has prompted mayors in the capital Manila, an urban sprawl of 16 cities, to impose an evening curfew until the end of March and remind the public to practise physical distancing.

(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Ed Davies)

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-03-13

 

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[olfu]

And I was hoping to be there in May....keep dreaming.

[MasterBaker]

They just cannot get it. my friends at Cebu being in all kind of levels of lockdown since last May. they just have to go to churches on Sundays, none of them wearing a msk

[bangon04]

Are they actually mass testing now?

[upu2]

The trouble with these figues is that everyone is considering a Case with at the very least a hospitalisation. It isnt

[Stargeezr]

So is this a new wave, or just a surge of the existing one?  I will just stay home until this whole mess is mostly over.

Geezer

[hotchilli]

On 3/13/2021 at 6:40 AM, olfu said:

And I was hoping to be there in May....keep dreaming.

You can, just keep the year flexible.