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COVID-19 cases in PH breach 150,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 06:23 PM

MANILA — There are now 153,660 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines with 6,216 more infections reported Friday, beating a previous end-August estimate of researchers. Read more »

Coronavirus infections in Philippines climb to over 147,000 as gov't reports 4,002 new cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 06:34 PM

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines continue to inch closer to 150,000, a threshold forecast supposedly to be reached by the end of this month, with 4,002 additional infections reported on Thursday. Read more »

Philippines records 4,444 new COVID-19 cases; total tops 143,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 12 05:35 PM

The Philippines' health department on Wednesday reported 4,444 additional COVID-19 cases, raising to 143,749 the country's cumulative tally of infections. Read more »

Coronavirus infections in Philippines near 140,000-mark

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 06:16 PM

Nearly 140,000 coronavirus infections have been recorded in the Philippines as the country's health department reported 2,987 additional cases on Tuesday. Read more »

PH logs record-high 6,958 new COVID-19 cases; total soars to over 136,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 09:01 PM

There are now 136,638 total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines after the Department of Health on Monday reported a new record-high of 6,958 additional cases in a single day. Read more »

DOH reminds LGUs: Repeat PCR tests not needed for recovered COVID-19 patients

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:20 PM

Local government units will have to comply with COVID-19 recovery guidelines, including not requiring repeat testing, to help decongest hospitals and quarantine facilities, the Department of Health said on Monday.  Read more »

Philippines logs 4,226 new coronavirus cases; total now 126,885

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 05:09 PM

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus infection rose by 287 to 67,117, the DOH said in its latest bulletin.   Read more »

Philippines' coronavirus cases soar to 122,754 with 3,379 new infections

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 07 05:44 PM

The Philippines on Friday reported 3,379 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, raising the nationwide caseload to 122,754, as the march of the illness across the country appears far from abating. Read more »

How Batanes has remained COVID-free despite accepting almost 400 LSIs

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 09:24 PM

Batanes is the last province standing, so to speak, in the COVID-19 outbreak in the Philippines.  Read more »

Philippines climbs to having most COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia as tally nears 120,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 06:13 PM

The Philippines on Thursday climbed to having the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, with 119,460, surpassing Indonesia's tally of infections. Read more »

Philippines' COVID-19 cases jump to 115,980 with 3,462 new cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 05:34 PM

The Philippines' number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases has reached 115,980 as the Department of Health reported 3,462 new confirmed coronavirus infections Wednesday. Read more »

PH logs record-high 6,352 new COVID-19 cases; total soars past 112,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 05:01 PM

The Philippines' health department on Tuesday reported a record-high of 6,352 additional COVID-19 cases in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections to 112,593. Read more »

Philippines reports 3,226 add’l COVID-19 cases, bringing total to over 106,000

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 04:54 PM

The Department of Health on Monday reported an additional 3,226 confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's cumulative total of coronavirus infections to 106,330. Read more »

Philippines sees record new COVID-19 cases for 3rd straight day

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 01 05:46 PM

The Philippines on Saturday reported a third day of record-high coronavirus infections at 4,963 new cases, raising the nationwide caseload to 98,232. Read more »

New record-high: Over 4,000 more COVID-19 cases recorded as gov't extends quarantine

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 04:48 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday reported 4,063 additional COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, the highest number of cases reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic.  Read more »

Where did the 38,000 COVID-19 'mass recoveries' come from? Here’s DOH’s explanation

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 11:01 PM

The DOH said it reclassified asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases as recovered. Read more »

PH logs record-high 38k add’l recoveries, 3,954 new COVID-19 cases

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 30 09:03 PM

The Philippines recorded on Thursday 3,954 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, a record-high single-day tally reported by the government's task force on infectious diseases hours before new quarantine classifications in the country are expected to be announced. Read more »

Philippines to stockpile Avigan for COVID-19 treatment

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 30 04:55 PM

The Philippine government said Thursday it would stockpile Japanese anti-flu drug Avigan, to treat severe cases of the new coronavirus, as planned clinical trials for the drug draw closer. Read more »

At 85,486, coronavirus infections in PH surpass mainland China’s tally

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 05:41 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Coronavirus infections in the Philippines breached the 85,000-mark on Wednesday, as projected by researchers from the University of the Philippines and surpassing mainland China’s cumulative tally of the disease. Read more »

COVID-19 cases in PH reach 83,673; active cases at 55k

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 05:09 PM

The number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 83,673 on Tuesday with the Department of Health (DOH) reporting 1,678 additional infections. Read more »