A policeman standing guard at the entrance to a neighbourhood under strict quarantine measures in Pasay City, suburban Manila, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, as the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 coronavirus has surged to the highest level in seven months. - AFP
MANILA, March 16 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday 4,437 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 631,320.
The death toll climbed to 12,848 after 11 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said. It added that 166 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 560,736.
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