Philippines hits another record high of 8,773 new COVID-19 cases
The Philippines recorded the most number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day on Thursday, March 25.
The Department of Health (DOH) reports 8,773 additional COVID-19 cases today. This brings the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country to 99,891—or 14.1% of the 693,048 total confirmed cases.
Meanwhile, 56 additional fatalities and 574 recoveries were reported.
The DOH added that based on the reports from Wednesday, March 24, 16.1% of the 35,480 persons tested were positive of COVID-19.
This comes days after the government restricted travel into and out of NCR, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal amid the surge of new COVID-19 cases in the country.
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