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Philippines records 1,326 new COVID cases, 56 deaths

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People walk in the business district of Makati City on March 3, 2022. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/04/08/20220303-level1-quarantine-makati-jc-11.jpg"/><figcaption>People walk in the business district of Makati City on March 3, 2022. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA — The Philippines on Tuesday recorded 1,326 new COVID-19 cases, raising the number of active infections to 23,272 and the national total caseload so far to 3,894,840.</p><p>This is the lowest daily tally in 2 months, or since July 6, 2022, according to ABS-CBN Data Analytics head Edson Guido.</p><p>Of Tuesday&#x27;s numbers, 498 were from Metro Manila.</p><p>Health department data also showed that 56 more patients succumbed to the respiratory disease, the highest since May 1. </p><p>This raised the total fatalities to 62,118.</p><p>On the other hand, the number of people who have recovered from COVID-19 in the Philippines has reached 3,809,450.</p><p>The DOH also reported that the nation&#x27;s positivity rate — or the percentage of people who test positive for the coronavirus among all those who have gotten the test — from September 4 to 5 is down at 10.9 percent.</p><p>At least 72.6 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease, of whom 18.1 million have received their booster shots.</p><p>A <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/05/22/sept-26-30-set-as-special-covid-vaccination-week-in-ph" target="_blank">special vaccination campaign</a> against COVID-19 will be done Sept. 26-30, with the government aiming to administer at least 5 million booster shots, the Department of Health earlier said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/03/22/ph-covid-19-situation-improving-says-analyst">PH COVID-19 situation &#x27;improving,&#x27; says analyst; DOH urges caution</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/06/22/health-workers-cry-foul-over-delay-of-covid-allowances">Health workers cry foul over delay of COVID allowances</a></li></ul><div> </div><div class="infogram-embed" data-id="_/AVrvthCAQzJlpBi36CK6" data-title="Weekly COVID-19 cases in the PH" 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><div> </div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGJpVxJw0z0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippines on Tuesday recorded 1,326 new COVID-19 cases, raising the number of active cases to 23,272.