Philippines logs 37,070 more Covid-19 cases; over 33K others recover


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MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): The Philippines logged 37,070 additional coronavirus infections on Monday (Jan 17), pushing the country’s total case count to over 3.24 million, with over 290,000 currently sick with Covid-19.

While not the highest single-day tally since the start of the pandemic, Monday’s caseload is still one of the highest recorded by the Department of Health (DOH), with a 46-per cent positivity rate of the 77,410 tests conducted.

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