Philippines logs 16,989 new Covid-19 cases, virus total now rising to 2,283,011

A man is inoculated with China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The government continues to urge Filipinos to get vaccinated as Covid-19 cases keep rising in the country. - AP

MANILA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 16,989 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,283,011.

The DOH also reported 214 new deaths from the pandemic, raising the country's coronavirus death toll to 35,742.