The Philippines' health ministry reported 607 new coronavirus infections and 22 more deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 25,392 and fatalities to 1,074.
FILE PHOTO: A poster reminding shoppers to maintain social distance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease is placed beside an escalator in a shopping mall in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 17, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
MANILA - The Philippines’ health ministry reported 607 new coronavirus infections and 22 more deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 25,392 and fatalities to 1,074. The Department of Health said 252 more patients had recovered from COVID-19, bringing the total number of recovered cases to 5,706.Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Kim Coghill
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