Curfew violators are gathered at a covered court as the government imposes curfew hours across Metro Manila in response to the surge of Covid-19 cases, in Manila, Philippines, on March 20, 2021. - Reuters
MANILA (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday 8,019 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number of daily infections since the outbreak began in January last year, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 671,792.
It is the first time that the Philippines breached the 8,000-mark of daily infections. The country has registered over 7,000 daily coronavirus infections since Friday.
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