Philippines' Covid-19 total tops 1,013,000 as govt bars travellers from India as virus cases soar

Commuters cross the street through traffic ahead of the evening curfew in Quezon City, Manila, the Philippines, on Monday, April 26, 2021. The Philippine capital and its surrounds returned to stricter virus control measures late last month, as a new surge in cases overwhelmed hospitals, causing dozens of makeshift stalls for food donations to sprout across the country. - Bloomberg

MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday 7,204 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 1,013,618.

The death toll climbed to 16,916 after 63 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said.