Virus cases in Manila breach 5,000 mark

THE number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the city of Manila has reached 5,092 after reporting 83 new cases, the city government announced on Friday.

The latest case bulletin from the Manila Health Department (MHD) reported that the total number of active cases of the city has reached 1,309 in a span of five days.

The MHD said this was the fourth consecutive day that the reported cases reached the 1,300 mark although lower than the 1,416 cases recorded on Sunday.

The city reported a total of 3,547 recoveries and 236 dead from the virus.

Sampaloc has the most number of active cases with 308, with 459 recoveries and 30 deaths among the districts in Manila. It has passed Tondo’s 1st district, which has 271 active cases, 975 survivors and 78 dead.

Source: TheManila Times