A man walks past remains of houses after a fire hit a residential area in Mandaluyong city, Philippines on Tuesday (June 2). More than a thousand families were left homeless after the fire hit an area that was earlier placed under stricter lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The Philippine capital has shifted to a more relaxed quarantine with limited public transport in a high-stakes gamble to slowly reopen the economy while fighting the coronavirus outbreak. - AP
MANILA (Xinhua/ANN): The number of Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Philippines climbed to 18,997 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 359 more infections on Tuesday (June 2).
The DOH said in a daily bulletin that the number of recoveries further climbed to 4,063 after 84 more patients have recovered, and the death toll also increased to 966 after 6 more deaths were reported.
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