Philippines Reports 1,150 New COVID-19 Cases... Highest Ever Recorded

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] The Philippines recorded a new daily high of 1,150 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

According to local media such as the daily Philippine Star, the Philippine Department of Health announced that with 1,150 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the day, the total number of confirmed cases has increased to 31,825.

Previously, the highest daily number of new confirmed cases in the Philippines was 1,046 on the 29th of last month.

Although more than 500 new cases continued to be reported daily, the Philippine health authorities significantly eased the quarantine level in high-risk areas such as the capital Metro Manila from the lockdown-level 'Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ)' to the more relaxed 'General Community Quarantine (GCQ)' on the 1st of this month, citing reasons such as economic recovery.

However, as the spread of COVID-19 intensified mainly in the Central Visayas region in the central-western part of the Philippines, health authorities reimposed lockdown measures in this area starting from the 16th.

On the 23rd, 320 new cases, accounting for 27.8% of the daily new cases, were reported in the Central Visayas region.

In addition, 317 new cases were also recorded in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

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