Philippines' Covid-19 cases top three million, Omicron becomes dominant variant

Residents fill out documents as they wait for their turn at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Quezon City, Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Officials said they are assuming that the local transmission of the highly contagious omicron variant is driving the current spike in COVID-19 cases as government enforces stricter health restrictions in the country. - AP

MANILA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua): The Philippines crossed another grim milestone as the Covid-19 case count topped 3 million on Tuesday.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the South-East Asian country surged to 3,026,473 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 28,007 new daily infections.