Philippines logs 4,084 new Covid19 cases as total rises to 2,855,819 on Monday (Jan 3)

Members of the public wait to receive a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination site inside a gymnasium in San Juan City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021. The Philippines has shortened the interval for administering Covid-19 vaccine boosters amid the threat of the omicron variant. - Bloomberg

MANILA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 4,084 new Covid-19 infections on Monday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 2,855,819.

Sixteen more people died from Covid-19 complications, bringing the country's death toll to 51,586. The deaths include those who died in the previous months.