Philippines logs 8,361 new Covid-19 cases and 312 more deaths on Sunday (Feb 6)

A Filipino women receives a BioNtech Pfizer Covid-19 jab as a booster, at a vaccination centre in Quezon city. - AFP

MANILA, Feb. 6 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 8,361 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,609,568.

The DOH said 312 more people died from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country's death toll to 54,526.

The number of active cases dropped to 126,227 as the country's positivity rate also fell to 21.5 percent.