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(Eagle News) – New COVID cases continued to rise daily as the Department of Health reported 14,249 new virus cases on Saturday, Aug. 14, bringing the total of active cases to 98,847. This is the highest number of new cases in a single day so far since the transmission of the Delta variant was confirmed by the DOH. Total confirmed COVID cases in the Philippines have reached 1,727,231, including recoveries. New COVID-19 fatalities reported […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded 13,177 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, Aug. 13, the second highest number of virus cases in the country in a single day. Because of this, the active COVID-19 cases in the country reached 96,395, while the total confirmed virus cases reached 1,713,302. New recoveries for Friday were 4,322 while those who died were 299. This death toll is is one of the highest recorded in a single […]
(Eagle News) — Eleven areas in Metro Manila are under the highest alert level 4 because of increasing COVID-19 cases and hospital bed utilization. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said these are: Las Piñas Malabon Makati Marikina Muntinlupa Navotas San Juan Pateros Quezon City Taguig Valenzuela According to Vergeire, Metro Manila is still at a high-risk case classification with its positive two-week growth rate and a high-risk average daily attack rate. Apart from these 11 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation to extend the travel restrictions in 10 countries with high Delta variant cases, namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia until the end of the month. The travel restrictions were supposed to end on Aug. 15, but the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) decided to extend the current travel restrictions from Aug. 16 to Aug. 31 to […]
(Eagle News) — Laguna, Bulacan, and Cavite will be under a modified enhanced community quarantine from August 16 until August 31. According to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, the following areas will also be placed under the same community quarantine for the same period: Iloilo City Apayao Ilocos Norte Cagayan de Oro City Lucena City Rizal province Aklan Iloilo Province Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, and Cebu City The following areas will be under a general community […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has nabbed three wanted South Koreans in Pampanga. In a statement, Immigration chief Jaime Morente said Han Jeongcheol, 47, Yang Wonil, 48, and Cho Sunggye, 56, were nabbed on Tuesday, Aug. 10, in their residence inside a subdivision in Angeles City. The bureau’s Fugitive Search Unit had gone to the house to serve a deportation warrant against Han, who had been ordered expelled by the bureau for being […]
(Eagle News) — Detected COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 1,700,000 mark after the Department of Health reported 12,439 more cases. The DOH said 116 duplicate cases were removed from the total case count. “Moreover, 3 cases previously tagged as recoveries have been validated to be active cases, and 85 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” the DOH said. According to the DOH, of the total […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Aug. 12, said he has recovered from COVID-19. The senator shared the news when asked in a Laging Handa public briefing. On July 28, Gordon announced he tested positive for COVID-19. “I was completely asymptomatic but because my wife, may autoimmune problem siya, siyempre ini-ingatan ko ang asawa ko, ang mga katulong namin sa bahay, mga kasama sa Red Cross, mga staff ko sa Senado,” Gordon said. […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar ordered policemen to ensure orderliness in the distribution of cash assistance for eligible Metro Manila residents lest they turn into “super spreader events.” Eleazar issued the statement a day after the distribution started following reports of some jampacked vaccination sites over fake news only those vaccinated would be allowed to go out to work during ECQ and would receive cash assistance from the government. “Hindi dapat […]
Details on process for reactivation of registration to be released (Eagle News) — Persons with disabilities and senior citizens whose voter registrations have been deactivated may vote in the 2022 elections. This was after the Commission on Elections en banc approved the reactivation of the registration status of PWDs and senior citizens who failed to vote in two consecutive elections. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon made the announcement in a Tweet on Wednesday, Aug. 12. She […]
Instrumental intensities reported as far as Leyte; no tsunami threat from quake (Eagle News) – A strong magnitude 7.3 quake rocked waters off the coast of Davao Oriental province at 1:46 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12, PHIVOLCS said. In a bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the strong tectonic quake, with its epicenter 67 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso town, had a depth of focus of 69 kilometers. Its epicenter was in waters off the coast of […]
Active cases in PHL now over 81,000 (Eagle News) — Detected COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,688,040 after the Department of Health reported 12,021 new cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 81399 were active. Of these, 94.8 percent were mild, 1.5 percent asymptomatic, 1. percent critical, 1.6 percent severe, and 1.15 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,577,267 including the additional 9,591 recoveries. The death toll is now at 29374 […]
