MANILA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) — The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,661 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,577,298.
The DOH said 43 more people died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to 54,097. The number of active cases dropped to 160,297 as the country’s positivity rate also dropped to 24.8 p