Floodwaters caused by typhoon Vongfong inundate a village as it passed by Sorsogon province, eastern Philippines on May 15. More than 150,000 people were riding out a weakening typhoon in emergency shelters in the Philippines after a mass evacuation that was complicated and slowed by the coronavirus outbreak. - AP
MANILA: The Philippines on Saturday morning (May 16) reported 215 more Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 12,091 in the country.
The Department of Health (DOH) said in a bulletin that 123 more patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the number of recoveries to 2,460, and 16 more patients have died, bringing the death toll to 806.
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