COVID-19 cases in Philippines hit near two-month high

Commuters line up at an EDSA carousel bus terminal along Monumento in Caloocan City on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Some motorists opted to take public transportation due to the recent round of fuel price increase.

THE STAR / Walter Bollozos

MANILA, Philippines — The number of new COVID-19 infections in the Philippines hit its highest in nearly two months as the Department of Health reported on Sunday 308 new cases of the disease.

Why this matters

• This is the most number of cases reported in a single day since April 20, when the country reported 365 new infections.
   
• The DOH has noticed a slight uptick in cases nationwide amid the detection of various subvariants of the Omicron variant, namely BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5.
   
• BA.5 is one of two Omicron subvariants that the World Health Organization identified as having driven infections in South Africa in May.

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