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Philippines confirms 539 more cases of COVID-19, total now at 25,930

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/06/14/covid-case.jpg"/><figcaption><em>ABS-CBN Data Analytics Group</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - <strong>(UPDATE)</strong> The Philippines reported 539 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday bringing the country’s total to 25,930.</p><p>Of the confirmed cases, 366 were deemed &#x27;fresh&#x27; where test results were released on the patient within the last 3 days, while 173 were classified as &#x27;late&#x27; where test results were released 4 or more days ago.</p><p>The Department of Health also reported 248 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 5,954.</p><p>Another 14 were added to the death toll, bringing the number of people who died due to COVID-19’s to 1,088.</p><p>The DOH however said that of the 14 deaths reported today, only 2 happened in June while the other deaths happened in the previous months.</p><p>Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire earlier said that what appeared to be a rise in the number of deaths this month was actually due to late reporting.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/14/20/philippines-coronavirus-covid19-updates-death-toll-mortality-rate">Philippines&#x27; COVID-19 deaths declining: health dept</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/06/10/20/7-in-10-deaths-announced-as-confirmed-covid-19-cases-on-day-of-or-after-demise">7 in 10 deaths announced as confirmed COVID-19 cases on day of or after demise</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/11/20/making-sense-of-fresh-and-late-covid-19-cases-in-doh-testing-results">Making sense of &#x27;fresh&#x27; and &#x27;late&#x27; COVID-19 cases in DOH testing results</a></li></ul><p>Worldwide, COVID-19 has already infected more than 7.8 million and killed over 430 thousand since the disease was first reported in Wuhan, China.</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>Of the confirmed cases, 366 were deemed 'fresh' where test results were released on the patient within the last 3 days, while 173 were classified as 'late' where test results were released 4 or more days ago. </p>

Of the confirmed cases, 366 were deemed 'fresh' where test results were released on the patient within the last 3 days, while 173 were classified as 'late' where test results were released 4 or more days ago.