Philippines logs 7,625 new Covid-19 cases, total tops 2.7 million as country looks at reopening again

Krystle Gyle Fernandez, 17, and Krystle Ghyne Fernandez, 15, show their adhesive bandage after being inoculated with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid19), during the vaccine rollout for children with comorbidities, in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 15, 2021. - Reuters

MANILA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua/AFP): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,625 new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections on Friday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 2,705,792.

The DOH also reported that 203 more people died from Covid-19 complications, bringing the country's death toll to 40,424.