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Philippines logs 4,439 new Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths

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The Philippines reported 4,439 new Covid-19 infec-tions on Thursday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,790,309.

Thursday’s daily tally is the highest since Feb. 10. The Department of Health (DOH) said the num-ber of active cases rose to 34,213.

The DOH said 11 additional patients died from Covid-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to 60,773.

The Philippines reported its highest Covid-19 single-day tally of 39,004 new cases on Jan. 15. The country, with a population of around 110 million, has fully vaccinated over 71.4 million people.

Vietnam recorded 2,016 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, down 80 from Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health. Among the new cases, only four were imported and the rest were all locally transmitted, said the ministry. Health authorities of the northern city of Hai Phong on the same day reported 402,830 previ-ously detected Covid-19 cases.

The newly reported infections brought the total tally to 11,189,968. The country reported no new deaths from the pandemic on Thursday, with the total fatalities staying at 43,094.

As of Thursday, there were 112 severe cases in need of assisted breathing in the Southeast Asian country, according to the ministry.

Nationwide, 9,948,174 Covid-19 patients, or over 92 percent of the total infections, have so far recovered.

More than 247.3 million doses of Covid-19 vac-cines have been administered in the country, includ-ing roughly 214.1 million shots on people aged 18 and above, said the ministry.

Vietnam has already recorded Covid-19 infec-tions with Omicron BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1 sub-variants and is accelerating the inoculation of its people with a fourth vaccine dose.—AP

 

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