Covid-19 deaths and cases in Philippines rising fast

Health workers and policemen wearing personal protective equipment wait for the ambulance as they pick up a person suspected of the coronavirus disease infection for swab testing at a slum area in Manila. Philippines on Sunday (April 19) confirmed a total of 6,259 confirmed cases. - Reuters

MANILA: The Philippines' health ministry on Sunday (April 19) reported 12 new Covid-19 (coronavirus) deaths and 172 new infections.

The Southeast Asian country now as a total of 6,259 confirmed coronavirus cases and 409 deaths, it said in a bulletin.