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Philippines reports 295 new COVID-19 cases; total now at 9,223

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<p>MANILA - <strong>(UPDATE) </strong>The Philippines reported 295 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 9,223.</p><p>The Department of Health also reported 90 new recoveries, bringing the total to 1,214. Sunday's number of recoveries is the highest announced on a single day so far.</p><p>Four more people died due to the illness, pushing the death toll to 607. This was also the lowest number of deaths since March 29, when DOH announced 3 deaths.</p><p>The University of the Philippines' COVID-19 Response Team earlier said that it expects the pandemic to <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/20/covid-19-in-metro-manila-might-reach-peak-in-mid-late-may-analyst'>reach its peak</a> in Metro Manila in mid to late May.</p><p>Johns Hopkins University said more than 3.4 million around the world have been infected by the virus, which has caused over 243 thousand deaths.</p><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> The Philippines reported 295 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 9,223.</p>

The Philippines reported 295 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Sunday, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 9,223.