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Philippines reports 2,227 new COVID cases, 44 deaths

Philippines reports 2,227 new COVID cases, 44 deaths

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MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday reported 2,227 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the total number of infections to 3,989,556.

Of the new cases, 735 were from Metro Manila.

The country's active coronavirus cases are now at 23,721, according to health department data.

It also logged 44 new deaths; This raised the total number of people who succumbed to the illness to 63,669.

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The DOH said the positivity rate from October 16 to 19 is at 14.1%.

Meanwhile, the country's number of COVID-19 recoveries now stood at 3,902,166.

The DOH earlier said the Philippines remains at low risk from COVID-19 despite an "incremental increase" in coronavirus cases in most areas.

It also announced the detection of the first confirmed cases of the Omicron XBB subvariant and XBC variant in the country.

The DOH noted that it has been the primary cause of the new COVID-19 spike in Singapore.

As of October 17, the health department said more than 73.4 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease.

Of that figure, some 20.3 million individuals have received their first booster dose while over 3.2 million have gotten their second booster shot.

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"We wanted to show you the amount of true destruction that took through here. So you get an idea of how much effort it's going to take to clean all of this up," Scott said.

Reuters was able to confirm the location from the shape of landscape elements, building design and road layout that match satellite and file imagery of the area. Reuters was not able to independently verify when the video was filmed.

Firefighters on Tuesday held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as desert winds and a parched landscape presented extremely hazardous conditions.

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The Palisades Fire on the west edge of town held steady at 23,713 acres (96 square km) burned, and containment nudged up to 18% - a measurement of how much of the perimeter was under control.

Some 8,500 firefighters from at least seven states and two foreign countries prevented the blazes from growing for the second day running. Still, the fires have consumed an area the size of Washington, D.C.

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