Philippines’ COVID -19 death toll hits 1,003

Posted at Jun 07 2020 04:12 PM

MANILA – The Philippines death toll from COVID-19 breached the 1,000 mark on Sunday as 9 new deaths were reported bringing the country’s total to 1,003

The Department of Health also reported 555 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday bringing the country’s total to 21,895.

Of the confirmed cases, 378 were deemed ‘fresh’ where test results were released on the patient within the last 3 days, while 177 were classified as ‘late’ where test results were released 4 or more days ago. 

The DOH also reported 89 new recoveries, pushing the total number of Filipinos who recovered from the disease to 4,530.

SOURCE: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/07/20/philippines-covid-19-death-toll-hits-1003