DOH allays fears after record 539 COVID-19 cases, says only 109 cases are 'fresh'

Tumaas ang mga kumpirmadong kaso ng COVID19 sa Pilipinas ngunit hindi ibig sabihin na lumalala ang outbreak sa bansa. 'Yan ang paglilinaw ng DOH kasunod ng pangamba ng ilan lalo't isasailalim na sa GCQ ang ilang bahagi ng bansa. COVID19Quarantine

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday allayed fears of a new spike in coronavirus disease cases in the country, as more areas are shifting to a more relaxed community quarantine by month-end.

“109 out of 539 cases are those that were reported in the past 3 days,” she explained, adding that the contacts of the “fresh” cases were already being traced and isolated. Vergeire further said that of the 17 “new deaths” reported on Thursday, there were some whose date of death were actually in March or April.

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