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MANILA The Philippines announced on Monday that its COVID-19 cases had exceeded one million, as the country sought to boost healthcare capacity to ease strains on hospitals and medical staff stretched by a second wave of infections.
The Philippines imposed a two-week lockdown of Manila and surrounding provinces late last month to try to stem a surge in cases blamed on more contagious COVID-19 variants.
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The Philippines has announced that its COVID-19 cases had exceeded one million, as the country sought to boost healthcare capacity to ease strains on hospitals and medical staff stretched by a second wave of infections.
The Philippines imposed a two-week lockdown of Manila and surrounding provinces late last month to try to stem a surge in cases blamed on more contagious COVID-19 variants.
But while daily infections have eased slightly they have still averaged more than 9000, against 5,525 in March and 213 per day in April 2020, health ministry data showed.
A man rides his pedicab with a slogan to remind people to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 26, 2021. COVID-19 infections in the Philippines surged past 1 million Monday in the latest grim milestone as officials assessed whether to extend a monthlong lockdown in Manila and outlying provinces amid a deadly spike or relax it to fight recession, joblessness and hunger. - AP MANILA, April 26 (Reuters): The Philippines announced on Monday that its Covid-19 cases had exceeded one million, as the country sought to boost healthcare capacity to ease strains on hospitals and medical staff stretched by a second wave of infections.
UPDATE 1-Philippines seeks to lift medical capacity as COVID-19 cases top one million Reuters 1 hr ago
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By Adrian Portugal and Neil Jerome Morales
MANILA, April 26 (Reuters) - The Philippines announced on Monday that its COVID-19 cases had exceeded one million, as the country sought to boost healthcare capacity to ease strains on hospitals and medical staff stretched by a second wave of infections.
The Philippines imposed a two-week lockdown of Manila and surrounding provinces late last month to try to stem a surge in cases blamed on more contagious COVID-19 variants.
MANILA The Philippines announced yesterday that its Covid-19 cases had exceeded one million.
It is the second worst-hit country in South-east Asia behind Indonesia, which has more than 1.6 million cases.
The Philippines imposed a two-week lockdown of Manila and surrounding provinces late last month to try to stem a surge in cases blamed on more contagious Covid-19 variants.
While daily infections have eased slightly, they have still averaged more than 9,000, against 5,525 per day last month and 213 per day in April last year, Health Ministry data showed.
In the capital region, an urban sprawl of 16 cities home to at least 13 million people, intensive care unit (ICU) capacity is above 70 per cent while 57 per cent of isolation beds and 64 per cent of ward beds for Covid-19 patients were occupied as of yesterday.