The Philippines' confirmed its first case of the Lambda coronavirus variant in a 35-year-old female.
"The case was asymptomatic and recovered after undergoing the 10-day isolation period," the DOH said, adding it is conducting backtracing and case investigation.
The DOH also reported 14,749 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, the second-highest daily tally since the outbreak began in January last year. Health authorities said the highly infectious Delta variant is driving the nationwide surge of infections.
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