Philippines' Covid-19 cases nears 310,000 as quarantine in Manila extended

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Sept 28, 2020. Only one southern Philippine province and its war-battered capital will be placed under a mild lockdown and the rest of the country will be put under more relaxed quarantine restrictions next month to boost the battered economy despite the country having the most number of coronavirus infections in South-East Asia. - AP

MANILA, Sept. 29 (Xinhua): The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 309,303 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 2,025 new daily cases on Tuesday.

The DOH said that the number of recoveries also rose to 252,930 after 290 more patients recovered. Meanwhile, 68 more patients died from the viral disease, bringing the death toll to 5,448.