Adds 5,132 new cases to Wednesday’s initial count of only 12,751
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health revised its case count for Wednesday, Sept. 8, adding 5,132 more cases to yesterday’s record of new cases reported at 12,751.
In a statement, the DOH said that these were due to “technical issues encountered with COVIDKaya yesterday.”
It said that there were also 41 additional recoveries yesterday.
“Hence, the total cases for September 8 would be 17,883, with total recoveries of 20,192,” the DOH said in a clarificatory statement issued today, Thursday, Sept. 9.
It said that “the Department of Information and Communications Technology is still addressing the technical issues encountered with COVIDKaya.”
Total COVID-19 confirmed cases as of yesterday stood at 2,134,005, which will be revised if the additional COVID cases would be included.
(Eagle News Service)
