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Philippines' COVID-19 deaths breach 18,000; recoveries top 1 million

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Job Manahan, 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/05/07/20210426-covid-hospital-nkti-rtr-5.jpg"/><figcaption>Patients watch over relatives and hospital aides inside the COVID-19 emergency room of the government hospital National Kidney and Transplant Institute on April 26, 2021 in Quezon City. <em>Eloisa Lopez, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> — The total number of people who died due to COVID-19 in the Philippines surpassed 18,000 Friday with 108 new deaths, while recoveries also breached the 1 million-mark, the health department announced on Friday. </p><p>The country&#x27;s death toll due to the novel coronavirus stood at 18,099, accounting for 1.66 percent of the overall tally. </p><p>Friday&#x27;s new fatalities include 64 cases initially tagged as recovered, according to the Department of Health (DOH). </p><p>Meanwhile, there were 7,733 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the country&#x27;s total recorded infections to 1,087,885. </p><p>According to the ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, the day&#x27;s cases is the highest in 5 days. </p><p>All laboratories &quot;were able to submit their data,&quot; according to the DOH.</p><p>The number of people still battling the disease reached 66,626, comprising 6.1 percent of the country&#x27;s total reported cases. </p><p>ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido said the remaining active infections rose for the 2nd straight day.</p><p>Recoveries also increased by 4,227 to 1,003,160, making up the majority or 92.2 percent of the Philippines&#x27; running tally. </p><p>The ABS-CBN IRG noted that the day&#x27;s recuperations is the lowest in a week or since April 30. </p><p>Since April 18, the DOH has started enforcing its daily recovery tagging, veering away from its weekly &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/14/20/doh-safeguards-in-place-for-time-based-tagging-of-covid-19-recoveries">mass recoveries</a>&quot; during the weekend to supposedly address skewed data.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/20/21/ph-reports-7379-more-covid-19-cases-over-21000-new-recoveries">READ: PH reports 7,379 more COVID-19 cases, over 21,000 new recoveries</a></li></ul><p>The mass recovery system involved tagging asymptomatic and mild COVID-19 cases as recovered after 14 days. </p><p>Out of 50,815 people who underwent testing for the virus on May 5, 14.1 percent were found positive for it. </p><p>Guido said the positive rate for the said date was the lowest since Mar. 16.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1660536" width="100%"></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><p>As of May 4, government data showed that a total of 320,586 Filipinos are already fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, having received their 2nd dose. </p><p>Based on ABS-CBN News&#x27; monitoring, the figure accounts for 0.46 percent of the government&#x27;s 70 million target for this year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/05/21/philippines-covid19-vaccine-statistics-may52021">READ: More than 320,000 Filipinos fully vaccinated vs COVID-19, says DOH</a></li></ul><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 total number of people who died due to COVID-19 in the Philippines surpassed 18,000 Friday with 108 new deaths, while recoveries also breached the 1 million-mark, the health department announced on Friday. </p>

The total number of people who died due to COVID-19 in the Philippines surpassed 18,000 Friday with 108 new deaths, while recoveries also breached the 1 million-mark, the health department announced on Friday.

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Philippines' COVID-19 deaths breach 18,000; recoveries top 1 million

Job Manahan,

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Published May 07, 2021 04:06 PM PHT

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Updated May 07, 2021 05:27 PM PHT

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