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Philippines COVID-19 tally breaches 10,000-mark

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATE) </strong>— The Philippines on Wednesday breached the 10,000-mark in its tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with 320 new cases recorded, bringing the total to 10,004.</p><p>Wednesday's new case tally is the highest since April 6, when the country reported 414 new COVID-19 cases.</p><p>Of the new cases, 179 or 56 percent are from the National Capital Region, 98 or 31 percent are from Region 7 or Central Visayas, and the rest are from other regions.</p><p>There are 98 newly recovered patients, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,506. This is the second-highest number of recoveries announced in a single day since the 101 reported on Monday.</p><p>"Dahil po sa mga ganitong numero na nakikita natin, mapagtatanto natin na kahit ito'y mapanganib, ang sakit na COVID-19 ay hindi guaranteed na death sentence," Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.</p><p>(Because of these numbers, we can say that even though COVID-19 is a dangerous disease, it is not a guaranteed death sentence.)</p><p>The number of new deaths reported meanwhile is at 21 or a total of 658 COVID-related fatalities as of Wednesday.</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 on Wednesday breached the 10,000-mark in its tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with 320 new cases, bringing the total to 10,004.<br /> </p>

The Philippines on Wednesday breached the 10,000-mark in its tally of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases with 320 new cases, bringing the total to 10,004.

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Philippines COVID-19 tally breaches 10,000-mark

Arianne Merez,

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Published May 06, 2020 04:13 PM PHT

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Updated May 06, 2020 05:00 PM PHT

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