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However, if compliance with minimum public health standards continues to decrease, infections may range from 4,055 to as high as 8,670 by the end of October.
Over 245,000 families or 911,404 individuals in Cordillera Administrative Region, Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Bicol Region have been affected by the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines.
Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., officer-in-charge of the Department of National Defense, and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III met at Camp Smith in Hawaii to discuss ways to deepen the cooperation between Manila and Washington.
In a briefing Thursday, health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the country lacks around 106,000 nurses.
The additional fatality was from Antipolo, Rizal who died of drowning, NDRRMC said.