Philippines logs 200 new COVID-19 cases; active tally at 10,094

The Philippines recorded 200 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, while the number of active cases rose to 10,094, according to the Department of Health.

This came after four straight days of fewer than 200 COVID-19 cases being logged. The number of active cases slightly increased from 10,074 on Thursday.

The new infections also pushed the nationwide caseload to 4,072,592.

The National Capital Region had the highest number of new cases in the past two weeks with 908, followed by Calabarzon with 474, Western Visayas with 248, Central Luzon with 231, and Davao Region with 190.

Meanwhile, the recovery tally climbed to 3,996,745 while 18 new fatalities were added to the death toll, which is now 65,753.

As of Thursday, the bed occupancy rate in the country was 18.6%, with 4,978 occupied and 21,806 vacant beds.

A total of 9,618 individuals were tested on Thursday, and 328 testing laboratories submitted data. —VBL, GMA Integrated News