Philippines: Covid-19 cases surge to 106,330 with 3,226 new cases amid new lockdown

Health workers perform a rapid test on a man at a parking lot that has been converted into an extension of the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in Manila, Philippines on Monday (Aug 3, 2020). Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is reimposing a moderate lockdown in the capital and outlying provinces after medical groups appealed for the move as coronavirus infections surge alarmingly. - AP

MANILA, Aug 3 (Xinhua): The number of confirmed Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases in the Philippines surged to 106,330 after the country's Department of Health (DOH) reported 3,226 new cases on Monday.

The DOH said that the number of recoveries further rose to 65,821 after it reported that 275 more patients have survived the disease.