Philippines' Single-Day COVID-19 Cases Go Over 8,000

A police officer reminds market-goers to observe health protocols on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at Blumentritt Market, Manila.

PHOTO BY Jerome Ascano

For the first time since the pandemic started, the Philippines reported over 8,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, the Department of Health said Monday, March 22, as the virus continues to spread.

The health agency tallied 8,019 new COVID-19 infections, a new all-time high. This brought the total number of active cases to 80,970. The country has a cumulative case count of 671,792, the Department of Health (DOH) said.

There were four new deaths reported, bringing the total death toll to 12,972. There were 103 new recoveries, bringing the total to 577,850.

The new record-high infections were reported on the same day the government placed the Greater Manila area under a "GCQ bubble" to arrest the surge.

COVID-19 Cases Today

PHOTO BY Reportr

Prior to today's numbers, the DOH has been reporting over 7,000 new COVID-19 cases per day since March 19. 

This story originally appeared on Reportr.world. Minor edits have been made by the SPOT.ph editors.

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