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PH coronavirus deaths average 40 a day from Sept 1-5

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Updated as of Sep 06 04:02 PM

The Philippines is recording an average of 40 COVID-19 related deaths per day in the first week of September, the Department of Health said Monday. Read more »

Philippines logs over 20,000 probable COVID-19 deaths in 2020 - PSA report

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 08:26 PM

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has recorded 20,840 probable COVID-19 deaths last year, aside from 9,300 confirmed ones, it said in its latest report. Read more »

Philippines 'low risk' for COVID-19, officials say

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Posted at Jul 02 02:37 AM

The Philippines have now been tagged by health officials as low risk for COVID-19. Read more »

Visayas, Mindanao areas still at higher risk for COVID infections

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Posted at Jun 30 11:42 PM

The Philippines' daily COVID are cases on a downtrend after a surge in April. But four areas in Visayas and Mindanao regions are still at higher risk for infections. Read more »

Philippines posts 4,973 new COVID-19 cases

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 05:31 PM

The Philippines' total COVID-19 cases increased by 4,973 to 1,184,706 on Monday, data from the health department showed. Read more »

Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe COVID-19 wave hits

Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 03:08 PM

Facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, the Philippines has seen a second wave of infections that is stretching health-care workers in the capital like never before. Read more »

Philippine COVID-19 deaths breach 100 for 7th straight day

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Posted at Apr 16 01:57 AM

Thursday's COVID-19 deaths in the Philippines surpass the peak seen in the country last year.  Read more »

Crematoriums under strain due to rise in COVID-19 deaths in Philippines

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Posted at Apr 10 04:43 AM

The rise in COVID-19 deaths has also placed a strain on some crematoriums in the Philippine capital region.  Read more »

Philippines logs deadliest day in COVID-19 pandemic

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Posted at Apr 10 04:39 AM

The Philippines records its deadliest day of the pandemic even as researchers believe stricter quarantine measures in Metro Manila have kept the infection rate from getting worse. Read more »

Reported COVID-19 deaths in PH reach record-high daily average of 117 — gov’t data

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 12:09 AM

MANILA — For the last 7 days, the Philippines has been logging an average of 117 COVID-related deaths daily, based on government data.   Read more »

DOH: PSA’s 27k COVID death count for 2020 include suspect, probable cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 03:03 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday explained that probable and suspect COVID-19 cases were included in the Philippine Statistics Authority's tally of over 27,000 coronavirus deaths last year, over twice the department's current count.  Read more »

OCTA flags surge of COVID-19 cases in NCR, estimates total in PH to hit 665k by end March

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 09:01 PM

The OCTA Group on Monday said it is seeing a continued increase in COVID-19 cases in some parts of the National Capital Region (NCR), which may push the country's total to 665,000 by the end of the month. Read more »

DOH: Recent high number of COVID-19 deaths due to data harmonization, late reporting

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Posted at Feb 05 05:07 PM

MANILA— The Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Friday that the high number of COVID-19 deaths recorded in the past few days did not all occur within that reporting period. Read more »

Expect more COVID-19 deaths next month, infectious disease experts say as PH cases rise

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 19 02:54 AM

MANILA — With more than 3,000 cases reported daily since the start of the month, infectious disease experts said on Tuesday that they are expecting higher number of deaths to be reported as well. Read more »

7 in 10 deaths announced as confirmed COVID-19 cases on day of or after demise

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 10 05:56 PM

MANILA — Majority of those reported to have died from COVID-19 in the Philippines were only confirmed as coronavirus cases on the day of or after their demise, the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group (IRG) learned from government data. Read more »