9K new Covid-19 recoveries; active infections down to over 63K
MANILA - An additional 9,609 patients have beaten the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), pushing the country's overall recovery count to 2,627,126 as of Tuesday. The Department of Health (DOH), in its latest Covid-19 bulletin, said recoveries account for 96.2 percent of the total 2,731,735 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. It also logged 4,496 new cases -- the lowest in nearly three months since July 28, when the country logged 4,478 new infections. The active case count is currently at 63,637. Meanwhile, 211 new deaths brought the death toll to 40,972. The latest fig...