MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Monday reported 65 more novel coronavirus deaths and 836 additional infections.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths have reached 1,599, while confirmed infections rose to 57,006, more than triple when President Rodrigo Duterte eased the quarantine measures in the capital in June to revive the economy.
Earlier on Monday, in an announcement delayed from Sunday, the country posted its biggest daily rise in deaths due to the virus at 162.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Ed Davies)
