Philippines: Covid-19 cases exceed 100,000; earthquake measuring 6.4 strikes Mindanao


Parishioners keep their distance as a measure to help curb the spread of COVID19 during a mass at the Our Lady of Consolation Parish on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, in Quezon city, Philippines. Coronavirus infections in the Philippines continues to surge Sunday as medical groups declared the country was waging a losing battle against the contagion and asked the president to reimpose a lockdown in the capital. - AP

MANILA, Aug 2 (Reuters): The Philippines on Sunday reported 5,032 additional coronavirus infections, its largest single-day increase on record, taking the country's confirmed cases to 103,185.

It has the second-highest number of coronavirus infections and Covid-19 deaths in the region, behind Indonesia.

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