COVID-19 cases in the Philippines nears 10,000 with 199 new patients

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/2020/news/05/05/20200501-covid19-rapid-testing-san-andres-manila-jc-4667.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Health workers administer rapid testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to residents in San Andres, Manila on May 1, 2020. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Health on Tuesday announced 199 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, bringing the total number of cases to 9,684.</p><p>Of the new cases, 173 or 87 percent are from the National Capital Region, only one (0.5%) from Region 7 or Central Visayas and the rest (25 or 12.5%) from other regions.</p><p>In previous days, Cebu logged the 2nd highest number of new cases next to Metro Manila.</p><p>Meanwhile, 93 new recovered patients were recorded, the second highest number of new recoveries reported in a single day.</p><p>In total, there are now 1,408 patients who have recovered from COVID-19 in the Philippines.</p><p>The number of new deaths reported is at 14 or a total of 637 COVID-related fatalities as of Tuesday.</p><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/XwlOyN6W2yUc4AnE9xPq" data-title="COVID-19 cases - 1" data-type="interactive"> </div><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></div>

<p>The Department of Health on Tuesday announced 199 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, bringing the total number of cases to 9,684.<br /> </p>

The Department of Health on Tuesday announced 199 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, bringing the total number of cases to 9,684.

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COVID-19 cases in the Philippines nears 10,000 with 199 new patients

Kristine Sabillo,

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Published May 05, 2020 04:18 PM PHT

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