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COVID-19 cases in Philippines top 530,000 with 1,266 new infections

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Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/02/03/20210201-covid-oneyear-commuters-fsj-1473.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Pedestrians walk on an overpass in Quezon City on February 1, 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. <em>Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— Coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 530,118 on Wednesday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,266 new COVID-19 cases.</p><p>The additional cases do not include data from 7 laboratories that failed to submit on time.</p><p>The DOH also reported 68 new COVID-related deaths or a total of 10,942 fatalities. This is the 5th straight day that the additional deaths counted more than 50, according to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group.</p><p>Additional deaths announced daily from January 30 until February 2 ranged from 58 to 80.</p><p>The 2.06% case fatality rate is the highest in six months, according to ABS-CBN Data Analytics.</p><p>There are also 130 new recovered patients or a total of 487,721 recoveries.</p><p>Of the 31,455 active cases, 88.8% have mild symptoms, 5.8% are asymptomatic, 2.5% are in critical condition, 2.4% have severe symptoms, and 0.53% have moderate symptoms.</p><p>Active infections account for 5.9 percent of the cumulative total cases, while the death toll represents 2.06 percent.</p><p>One case, tagged as recovered, was removed from the official tally for being a duplicate entry.</p><p>There were also 19 cases announced as recovered but turned out to be deaths, according to the DOH.</p><p>Since last week, the DOH has stopped disclosing the list of areas with the most number of new cases.</p><p>The Philippines confirmed its first coronavirus infection on Jan. 30 last year in a Chinese woman who arrived from Wuhan City, China where the disease is believed to have first emerged in late 2019.</p><p>The country has also reported 17 cases of the more transmissible UK COVID-19 variant.</p><p>Authorities expect the arrival in the country of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine this month as they aim to inoculate up to 70 million individuals to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus.</p><p>There are 43.9 million people currently infected with COVID-19 worldwide. Since the start of the pandemic, almost 103.9 million people have contracted the disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus dashboard.</p><p>Of those, almost 2.3 million have died and 57.7 million have recovered.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OfxfTaUf1rI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/XwlOyN6W2yUc4AnE9xPq" data-title="COVID-19 cases - 1" data-type="interactive"> </div><script type="text/javascript">!function(e,i,n,s){var t='InfogramEmbeds',d=e.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];if(window[t]&&window[t].initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else if(!e.getElementById(n)){var o=e.createElement('script');o.async=1,o.id=n,o.src='https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js',d.parentNode.insertBefore(o,d)}}(document,0,'infogram-async');</script>

<p>Coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 530,118 on Wednesday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,266 new COVID-19 cases.</p>

Coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 530,118 on Wednesday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,266 new COVID-19 cases.

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COVID-19 cases in Philippines top 530,000 with 1,266 new infections

Kristine Sabillo,

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Published Feb 03, 2021 04:03 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 03, 2021 07:08 PM PHT

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