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MANILA - The Philippines has chalked up over a million Covid-19 infections, hitting a new, grim milestone as it debates whether to keep quarantine restrictions in place to hold on to recent gains against the pandemic or reopen the economy further to stem massive jobs and corporate losses. There were close to 9,000 new cases reported on Monday (April 26), bringing the nation s total to 1,006,428. Nearly 17,000 people have died. The Philippines is the second worst-hit country in South-east Asia, after Indonesia, which has over 1.6 million Covid-19 cases. Data crunchers said the number of cases in Metro Manila, where nearly half the infections were recorded, was going down following the strict restrictions under quarantine in place since mid-March.

Metro manilaPhilippines generalMarcelino teodoroRomeo bernardoFrancisco duqueRodrigo duterteRosario vergeireGuido davidOcta researchUniversity of the octa research groupSoutheast asiaProfessor guido davidPhilippines based octa researchSecretary francisco duqueUndersecretary rosario vergeireNew york based